runway

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Recent Examples of runway Inventors Nicola Woollon and James West, who have protected the technology with a strict Non Disclosure Agreement, used Stella McCartney’s runway as a proof of concept. Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025 Weeks later, the Colombian superstar was strutting the runway at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in October. Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025 The Runway as Resistance From the moment the first model stepped onto the runway, the atmosphere shifted. Tabitha Britt, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2025 In addition to trying to hold lawmakers accountable for passing a state spending plan on time, Duggan outlined his plan to give school administrators a runway to improve student outcomes before firing them, which would give school districts some say in their accountability measures. Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for runway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runway
Noun
  • Our final day, driving to the airstrip, Ntwayagae pulled over one last time.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The plane crashed in a hilly and forested area about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Diani airstrip, authorities said.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Philippines is one of Asia’s most flood-prone countries but this year it has also been mired in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects that have brought thousands of protesters out onto the streets.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Waymo has already mapped out portions of San Diego roads and highways and Nalavade said as early as next week, passersby may see a fleet of all-electric Zeekr RT minivans on area streets, further testing and assessing Waymo software.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • This dimension of the work was heightened by its site, a former helicopter landing field on an old NATO base, given over to the Autostrada Biennale in 2014 as part of a process of demilitarization in the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s and Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008.
    Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • A day when the Stanley Cup years finally ride the synaptic road back to long-term memory and the brain finally bumps the past for the present.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The floods have also left 11 people missing, inundated more than 116,000 houses and 5,000 hectares of crops, and damaged roads and railways, cutting off traffic and power in several areas, the government’s disaster agency said in a report.
    Reuters, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Schuster said the angle at which the landing area crosses the Fujian’s deck is only 6 degrees off center, compared with 9 degrees on the US carriers, limiting space between the landing strip and the forward two catapults.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • He was then put in the back of a pickup truck and taken to a landing strip, where he was forced onto a private jet headed for the United States.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Officers were in the area investigating a robbery at a nearby luxury boutique and had partially closed the roadway, according to court documents.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Prosecutors allege Dominguez ran the stop sign at the rural intersection at a high rate of speed before his pickup crashed into the sport utility vehicle with Vargas and family inside, pushing the SUV off the roadway.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The new sedan also integrates BYD’s latest Tianshen C driver-assistance suite, which adds adaptive cruise, lane-centering, and enhanced safety automation to support more comfortable long-distance driving.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Schroder passed to Monk, who missed a floater in the lane.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Violette_FR’s new London home has large windows and a separate entrance facing Carnaby Street, the historic shopping thoroughfare that’s crowded with locals and tourists alike.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Macy’s chose China Grove for the facility due to its position in the Southeast near major thoroughfares, enabling faster, more efficient service to millions of customers.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025

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