Thesaurus results for LANE

lane

noun

Definition of lane

as in road

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Recent Examples of lane Expect the trend to sharpen into its own lane over the next 12 to 18 months, with three plausible developments worth tracking. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026 The turning-lane design — as well as a new roundabout just down the road at Boise Avenue — could reduce crashes by 31%, according to the appeal. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026 The spending is drawing attention because the two-lane bowling alley has long sparked debate whenever taxpayer money is linked to upgrades. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Each will have 5,400 lane meters of cargo capacity and accommodation for up to 1,000 people. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lane

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Noun

Tariffs on cement, road salt and hospital pads were removed and replaced with duties on all-terrain vehicles, some cheeses and motorboats.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Some might be taken on the road and featured in live appearances, or at least have their stories recorded and included in campaign ads.

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of road

Noun

And as to the top-down driving experience, the S/C is quite pleasant even at highway speeds.

— Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2026
Matthew Denton, a sheriff's deputy in Ohio's Medina County, has a new dog with a new name, Trooper, in a nod to highway patrol officer John Kronander who found the gray and white puppy abandoned in a crate without food or water at a rest area.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of highway

Noun

Hundreds of people were getting killed every year at street-level crossings, and to quell the public outcry, the railroads scrambled to elevate freight tracks citywide at their own expense.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Before the terrible day was over firehouses, street corners and parks became mourning places.

— Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

On Tuesday the city of Malibu reported a sinkhole in a beachfront property driveway on Sea Level Drive, a roadway that abuts the ocean.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The pandemic brought a huge spike in roadway fatalities on the state’s roads, which peaked in 2022.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of roadway

Noun

Much of the league’s hopes for the future rest on the development of young talents like McKibbin, Josele Ballester, Caleb Surratt and Michael La Sasso, but who knows if those players want to commit to an unstable path.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Adan Figueroa, a high school counselor at Prosser Career Academy, has spent much of his career helping undocumented and immigrant students navigate the path to college.

— Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of path

Noun

Broadcom paid its former landlord, PRP Real Assets, $325 million for the 660,000-square-foot research campus near the junction of the 5 and 405 freeways in one of the largest office sales in Southern California in recent years.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
In July, some 300 drones rose beside the 101 freeway and hovered for 15 minutes, forming Angelyne’s face and a telephone number in the night sky.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of freeway

Noun

Dependency has overtaken intrusion as the most common route to an outage.

— Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The situation can be extra frustrating in 2026, as most carriers have significantly raised the cost of checking luggage on domestic and short-haul international routes to an average of $45 for the first bag.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026

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