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as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
I think we should take one of the less congested roads
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Recent Examples of road
The national government has encouraged the building of roads and other infrastructure projects to try to address the loss of construction jobs at real estate developers.
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Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Others have been dreading it—and would happily finagle a deal with the universe to skip to some other day four years down the road instead.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
The 26-year-old is a prolific performer, rarely taking a break from the road.
—Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
The roads around the White House and the U.S. Capitol will be closed.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
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Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Others have been dreading it—and would happily finagle a deal with the universe to skip to some other day four years down the road instead.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
The 26-year-old is a prolific performer, rarely taking a break from the road.
—Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
The roads around the White House and the U.S. Capitol will be closed.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for road
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The highway was open by Sunday morning, with the department warning drivers of travel delays after avalanche mitigation and road operations were complete.Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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Speeds along most of the highways headed into and out of downtown were above 45 mph.Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
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The mythology surrounding James himself likewise had many authors, all converging toward portraying him as a dashing foe of the bankers and railroad barons who had come to represent the inequities of America’s Gilded Age.Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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By the 1950s, the railroad’s checkerboard sections of the Palm Springs area became wealthy and white while the Agua Caliente’s checkerboard sections on the reservation became the home of comparatively poorer Tribal communities.Michael Albertus, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
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The Florida native’s two career IndyCar wins have both come on street circuits (Long Beach, Nashville – 2023) and the 2021 INDY NXT by Firestone Series Champion made it to Victory Circle in his debut INDY NXT race on the iconic 14-turn Florida street course.Bruce Martin, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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In fact, the target customer is young people who are active in a street community and seek out the store for its refined, exclusive selection of the world’s top footwear brands, from running sneakers to lifestyle shoes, technical footwear and more.Andrea Onate, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
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Moscow also hopes to build a railway through Iran that would connect Russia directly with ports on the Persian Gulf.Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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The film, which made its world premiere at the International Film Festival of India last year, follows a meticulous railway ticket checker whose discovery of minor bank discrepancies leads him down a dangerous path of systemic corruption.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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That triggered a new mandatory evacuation order for an area from Sunset Boulevard to Encino Reservoir, and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon, with sections of the thoroughfare remaining closed to ward off excess traffic in the West Los Angeles area.Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
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The once-leafy thoroughfares known as the Alphabet Streets now look like a nuclear bomb detonated at the Chase bank in the nearby shopping village.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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Whether tearing up muddy roads, crawling up high-clearance 4×4 routes, trying to park my car in deep snow banks, or cruising freeways at 75 mph, the KO3 has always felt like a good choice.Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 2 Jan. 2025
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How To Watch the Rose Parade 2025 via Live Stream The 2025 Rose Parade will be streamed live on YouTube for free by Pasadena Star-News, with the stream based just before participants make their way below the 210 freeway bridge.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Since Week 8, Stafford has targeted Nacua on nearly 40 percent of his routes, the most of any receiver in that span, according to Next Gen Stats.Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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These tests are about human beings, fighting for their homes, watering their roofs, talking to each other, planning escape routes, sharing food and water, rallying to urgency.Jim Newton, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Vasquez forgets that Chicago isn’t New York, and neither is our traffic, which is most problematic on the expressways and main arteries, not in a South Loop business district, which was almost devoid of traffic, human or vehicular, during the first part of rush hour on Monday morning.The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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This three-phase project began in 2023 and should improve the expressway for the 275,000 drivers who use it daily.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/road. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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