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interstates

noun

plural of interstate

as in highways

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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern cite 500-plus supportive customers, more than 2,000 filed statements, and backers including trucking giant Knight-Swift and a claim of 2 million fewer truckloads on highways.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
For decades, the story has focused on population loss, empty storefronts, highways that divided neighborhoods and a downtown that too often goes quiet after work.

— Mark Taylor, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of highways

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Suburbs stretch their undulating freeways into the grid, sucking out nutrients (and cutting through neighborhoods).

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Major weekend closures and lane restrictions are set to hit several popular metro Phoenix freeways, and the Arizona Department of Transportation warned drivers to use detours as needed.

— Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of freeways

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Bikes are not allowed to on freeways or expressways, and cyclists cannot pass through tolls unless the signs nearby dictate otherwise.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
The firm noted that major bridges like the Donghai Bridge and the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, as well as regional expressways, have reopened with standard speed limits restored.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of expressways

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The massive project funded from 13 federal, state and local agencies, gives a glimpse of what’s to come for Long Beach thoroughfares.

— Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Two years later, Wong became one of the key leaders of the city’s Umbrella Movement protests that rallied thousands of predominantly young people to the streets to call for greater democracy by blocking major thoroughfares for 79 straight days.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of thoroughfares

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As transportation networks expanded—first with canals and turnpikes, and later with railroads—rural isolation began to fade.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 May 2026
Both turnpikes are currently classified as state highways, said Darian Butler, OTA engineering director.

— Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice, 4 Feb. 2026

Definition of turnpikes

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For years, Calderon as a friendly face in the streets, gas stations and grocery stores of the small Johnson County town.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
The narrow streets around the sultan’s palace are filled with backpackers, street vendors, tour guides hawking their services, and office workers popping out for a coffee amid the madness.

— Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

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