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motorways

noun

plural of motorway, chiefly British

as in autobahns

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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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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
These crimes put everyone traveling on our freeways at risk, and they will be thoroughly investigated.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 17 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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In some cases, cameras that were pointed at roadways would be able to see if traffic had been stopped by the protest.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
The Brookhill Village complex opened in the 1950s and the roadways show that, according to John Lineberger, director of real estate at Griffin Brothers.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of roadways

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Some streets in Norfolk, Virginia, were closed Wednesday due to flooding and several are expected to be impassable during high tide Thursday, City Councilman Thomas Smigiel said in a social media post.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
The most famous photograph of the early Second World War is of a Frenchman weeping at the sight of Nazi soldiers parading through the streets of Marseilles in 1940.

— Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of streets

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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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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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