parkways

noun

plural of parkway
as in interstates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parkways
  1. highways
  2. roadways
  3. boulevards
  4. roads
  5. streets
  6. expressways
  7. thoroughfares
  8. freeways
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026
  • This weekend's group ride will travel along state highways and local roads only.
    — Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of highways
Noun
  • The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • Traffic signals are being upgraded in Poway to improve traffic flow on the roadways, first on Espola Road and later on Poway Road.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2026
Definition of roadways
Noun
  • Four-way stops are substantially less efficient for all traffic than two-way stops and are intended as traffic-calming measures to prevent reckless, high-speed driving on quiet boulevards.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
  • English soccer fans have earned a reputation for violent hooliganism, hurling plastic chairs and brawling their way across the piazzas and boulevards of Europe.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Definition of boulevards
Noun
  • Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
  • Since the incident began, the size of the frozen zone in which crews work to stabilize the building has gradually been reduced, roads have reopened and many of the vacate orders have been lifted.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Definition of roads
Noun
  • Ander Etxanobe was injured on the fourth day of the week-long festival, which draws thousands of participants to Pamplona to sprint ahead of charging bulls through the city’s historic, narrow streets.
    — Abby Dodge, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
  • Crowds are expected to gather along major Midtown cross streets as the sun appears to hang between buildings before slipping below the horizon.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of streets
Noun
  • Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • In November 2016, Santa Clara County voters approved Measure B, a 30-year, half-cent countywide sales tax to enhance transit, highways, expressways, and active transportation (bicycles, pedestrians, and complete streets).
    — Phan Khang, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
Definition of expressways
Noun
  • The transition plan outlines the city’s ongoing projects to ensure ADA access to city properties and pedestrian thoroughfares, according to a press release from the city of Geneva.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
  • At its heart, a fourth-century Christian basilica overlooking one of the city’s main thoroughfares, while two watchtowers guarded its outskirts.
    — Anne Doran for ARTnews, Robb Report, 7 July 2026
Definition of thoroughfares
Noun
  • For decades, the powers that be have burdened the Eastside with freeways, warehouses, public corruption, unsightly developments that have brought on gentrification and civic negligence bordering on the criminal.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Another lithium-ion fire in 2024 forced authorities to close one of the major freeways leading out of the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach for a day.
    — Tom Wait, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Definition of freeways
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