as in roads
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city
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Recent Examples of highways
Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
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Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
In the city of Taoyuan, home to the island's largest international airport, tanks drove down city streets and highways, videos and photos of the exercise showed, as armored vehicles from the Army’s 269th Infantry Brigade conducted combat readiness patrols morning.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
Double-stack rail is among the most efficient ways to move freight, reducing truck traffic on already congested highways like I-95 and lowering emissions by shifting cargo from road to rail.
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Wes Moore,
Baltimore Sun,
22 June 2026
It has been suggested that from the capitol grounds should radiate a number of fine highways, like the spokes of a wheel, over which Floridians could drive, easily and quickly, to all parts of the state.
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Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Simply, animals might not be able to cross highways.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
In all, our group passed eight freeways, two highways, and one river, twice.
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Pedro Moura,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
Coastal and transportation adaptation is a fifth, covering ports, airports, rail corridors, and highways that need to keep functioning through more extreme conditions than they were originally engineered for.
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Ravi S. Bhalla,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
For a transportation agency managing highways, an offshore operator monitoring a rig or a hospital tracking patient safety, video is often the richest signal available, and in many cases the only one that captures what actually happened.
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Krish Kumar,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
In the city of Taoyuan, home to the island's largest international airport, tanks drove down city streets and highways, videos and photos of the exercise showed, as armored vehicles from the Army’s 269th Infantry Brigade conducted combat readiness patrols morning.
—
ABC News,
22 June 2026
Double-stack rail is among the most efficient ways to move freight, reducing truck traffic on already congested highways like I-95 and lowering emissions by shifting cargo from road to rail.
—
Wes Moore,
Baltimore Sun,
22 June 2026
It has been suggested that from the capitol grounds should radiate a number of fine highways, like the spokes of a wheel, over which Floridians could drive, easily and quickly, to all parts of the state.
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Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Simply, animals might not be able to cross highways.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
In all, our group passed eight freeways, two highways, and one river, twice.
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Pedro Moura,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
Coastal and transportation adaptation is a fifth, covering ports, airports, rail corridors, and highways that need to keep functioning through more extreme conditions than they were originally engineered for.
—
Ravi S. Bhalla,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
For a transportation agency managing highways, an offshore operator monitoring a rig or a hospital tracking patient safety, video is often the richest signal available, and in many cases the only one that captures what actually happened.
—
Krish Kumar,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for highways
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Rodríguez denied those claims, saying some remote areas were difficult to reach because roads were blocked by landslides and debris, forcing authorities to rely on motorcycles, drones and satellite imagery.
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The roads can become extremely dangerous during this period because of fog, smoke, black ice and poor visibility.
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The state issued a strong warning urging residents to prepare for a large aftershock, and to stay off freeways if possible.
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Another lithium-ion fire in 2024 forced authorities to close one of the major freeways leading out of the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach for a day.
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From the dramatic California coast to the historic thoroughfares of New England, the United States is brimming with scenic drives.
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Foot traffic has slowed to a trickle, and the restaurant’s layout — with an almost entirely open wall that looks onto one of Boyle Height’s busiest thoroughfares — isn’t helping.
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Hundreds of thousands are expected to line the streets for Chicago's Pride Parade on Sunday.
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The event’s starting point was at a parking lot on the corner of Temple and Alameda streets, where the incident took place, according to the event’s Instagram account.
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.
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In November 2016, Santa Clara County voters approved Measure B, a 30-year, half-cent countywide sales tax to enhance transit, highways, expressways, and active transportation (bicycles, pedestrians, and complete streets).
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
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Owings added that a traffic study was completed and there won’t be an impact on nearby roadways.
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The borough added that collection days are not changing, only the start time of the pickup routes.
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The model has structure in abundance and routes almost none of it toward meaning or mobility.
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The incident began when Alnaji joined a rally on the corner of Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards in support of Palestinians, while Kessler had attended a counter protest in support of Israel, The Times reported.
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On June 20, a masked woman climbed over a wall separating the Israeli Embassy from one of Tirana’s main boulevards, removed the Israeli flag and ripped it apart as onlookers cheered.
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“Highways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highways. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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