parkway

noun

Definition of parkwaynext
as in interstate

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Recent Examples of parkway PennDOT says this one-and-done closure is preferable to years of squeezing parkway traffic to one side and enduring continuous lane closures and restrictions. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 13 July 2026 The parkway was evacuated Saturday evening while droves of people were still in line to enter due to approaching thunderstorms. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Some of the parkway’s most spectacular stretches can be found here in the Tar Heel State, especially just south of Asheville. — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026 In October 2025, the Sacramento City Council approved a plan to close the longest gap in the parkway. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for parkway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parkway
  1. interstate
  2. bypass
  3. beltway
  4. superhighway
  5. highway
  6. motorway
  7. autobahn
  8. boulevard
Noun
  • The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a small plane on a training flight that made an emergency landing on a Florida interstate Monday morning, narrowly missing highway signs and vehicles.
    — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Nguyen was parked in the interstate’s median conducting stationary speed enforcement of northbound vehicles, said Forest Lake Police Chief Luke Hanegraaf.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of interstate
Noun
  • Unlike so many previous attempts to stop smoking, Washington’s bypass surgery successfully forced him to give up the habit.
    — Mac Engel August 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Advertisement As a result, some of these allies and partners began building a bypass network to address the threat, working directly with Ukraine, for example, to learn from that country’s innovations in counter-drone technology.
    — Ariane Tabatabai, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of bypass
Noun
  • Over 85% of federal employees live outside of the Washington, DC, beltway, with states like Florida, Texas and California hubs for more than 100,000 workers each, government data shows.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • And that car then made a corner and slammed into a concrete jersey barrier on the beltway.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Definition of beltway
Noun
  • Our strategic position between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi watershed set our course as a commerce superhighway, with the Chicago Portage connecting two vast trading routes between the Atlantic and the Gulf.
    — Alaina Harkness, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
  • Mycorrhizal fungi direct traffic through nutrient superhighways and restructure the soil to support life across entire ecosystems.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of superhighway
Noun
  • Video from his dash camera shows the aircraft gliding under a highway sign, missing it by mere feet, before touching down in the empty lanes.
    — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The famed highway—which turns 100 this year—passes through bustling cities, natural landmarks, and quirky roadside attractions, so there’s plenty of things to see (and do) along the way.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of highway
Noun
  • Reuters — An Italian court on Thursday sentenced former Atlantia CEO Giovanni ‌Castellucci to 12 years in prison over the deadly 2018 collapse of a motorway bridge in the northwestern port city of Genoa.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The house is at the Windsor Road-edge of the historic Bray Studios, tucked between the River Thames and a section of the A308 motorway, in the hamlet of Water Oakley.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Definition of motorway
Noun
  • The new Stars arena will be located off the Dallas autobahn, more commonly called the Dallas North Tollway, which over the last decade has become one of the busiest main roads in DFW.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
  • Southbound on the autobahn, just shy of the halfway point to Munich, a 45‑minute detour east leads to Weltenburger Klosterbrauerei, brewing since 1050.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Definition of autobahn
Noun
  • So, too, are the smart shops of Andrassy Avenue, a broad boulevard modeled on the Champs-Élysées, the Franz Litzst museum, and the glorious Hungarian State opera house.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • While some like Ríos García have slept on the boulevard, others struggle to get some rest on balconies and front porches.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of boulevard

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