motorway

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of motorway But driving 200 miles on motorways, backroads, and through towns and cities, saw 2.7mi/kWh at best, and this was during warmer weather. Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 Dad, a newsreader for the BBC, grew up in Caterham, a town near the M25 motorway that encircles London and prime Palace-supporting territory. Rebecca Lowe, New York Times, 14 May 2025 The roads are superb, especially the multi-lane A1 motorway between Vilnius and Kaunas. Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025 The power delivery is incredible, and this is particularly surprising when accelerating from around 50mph on a motorway. James Morris, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for motorway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorway
Noun
  • Beer plays Laura, a piano student at a music academy in Berlin, first seen in the opening shots on an autobahn overpass looking down at a river.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
  • During my test driving, which comprised about 45 miles, in a variety of modes and at a variety of speeds including close to 100mph on a German autobahn, the car achieved close to 3 miles per kWh.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Waymo robotaxis available through the Uber app will cover approximately 65 square miles around Atlanta, but will not yet travel on highways or to the airport.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 24 June 2025
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • And in 1956 the Federal-Aid Highway Act funded 41,000 miles of interstate—an asphalt backbone justified as civil defense infrastructure but experienced as a coast-to-coast permission slip for self-reinvention.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
  • The witnesses described seeing the suspect and victim's vehicles come to a stop in front of them, forcing them to stop on the interstate, as well, the probable cause statement says.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Third, build a national transmission superhighway and smart, self-healing electric grid.
    Deborah Wince-Smith, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Or rivers like the Skykomish that flow into the Puget Sound, which used to be salmon superhighways but are now closed to sportfishing some years due to abysmal returns.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Here is how the Nationals (33-46) will line up for Game 2: Yu Darvish will travel up the 15 freeway to throw a sim game at low Single-A Lake Elsinore on Wednesday.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
  • The practice boosts productivity, reduces freeway congestion, lowers office costs, reduces air pollution, and enhances employee morale.
    Erik Skindrud, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Think of it as a creditor wanting to get into a city and there are several roads to get into that city.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The partnership extended off the track, too, with the German and British marques pairing up to build a stylish road car based on the legendary 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • There’s also a Huracán Polizia version The Italian Highway Patrol uses a Huracán with police badging and a lightbar on the autostradas in and around Bologna.
    Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Barreling down the autostrada, idling in front of our hotel, or stopping for gas, coffee, or red lights, the wagon drew constant admiration and approval.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 12 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • Cruising at around 75 mph on high-speed autoroutes would incur a range penalty of close to 50%.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • So buyers who use their EVs for much long-distance cruising along Europe’s high-speed autoroutes will be less impressed by China’s products.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025

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“Motorway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorway. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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