parkway

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Recent Examples of parkway Within a stone’s throw of the apartment site, the parkway features wildlife underpasses and bridges that soar over the Wekiva River without impeding its natural current of spring water. Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025 Southbound lanes of the parkway were shut down between Maryland Route 97 and Powder Hill Road following the crash and were fully reopened around 9:30 a.m. Friday. Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025 By the numbers: About 50,000 drivers use the parkway on an average day. Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 4 Apr. 2025 New restaurants along McPherson near the parkway include Chick-fil-A, Whataburger, Chili’s and Raising Cane’s. Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parkway
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Noun
  • What To Know There has been a succession of sinkholes on the interstate, beginning with a 40-by-40-foot collapse in December, followed by smaller 11-by-11 foot collapse 75 feet away in February and another 15-by-15 foot sinkhole opened up in March.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • The inmates then scaled down a wall and ran across the interstate.
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • If the Heat bypass that guarantee, Robinson still gets $9.9 million to walk away.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2025
  • Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner line will also be disrupted by the construction work, but a bypass bus will run between Irvine and Oceanside, allowing for a complete trip.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Over time, her responsibilities grew: in 2001, she was asked to oversee AMLO’s marquee project, a four-hundred-million-dollar renovation of Mexico City’s beltway.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Some major beltway business groups cheered Zeldin's announcement.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The nerve is like a superhighway, connecting the brain to other organs such as the heart, lungs, and digestive system.
    Paul McClure May 22, New Atlas, 22 May 2025
  • Imagine building 27 tiny bridges instead of one superhighway.
    Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Whether along highways or at the entrance of a theme park, lush greenery reinforces Florida’s reputation as a vacation destination.
    Tal Coley, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
  • Trains aren’t running, many planes are delayed or canceled and a stretch of highway is closed because of sinkholes that — who knows? — might lead to a better kind of hell.
    Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • The other side: Richmond, Virginia, is a veritable autobahn by comparison, with drivers making the same distance trip in under 10 minutes on average.
    Shawna Chen, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But with the addition of meaty tires, the result is bobbling side to side on uneven pavement, and the occasional entertaining hop over water channels at boulevard intersections.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The Paseo del Prado is about more than museums—this boulevard is also home to the Royal Botanical Garden.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Parkway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parkway. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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