as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
we took back roads on the way out, and the thruway on the way back
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Recent Examples of thruway
On Saturday, parts of the New York thruway had been cleared but remained closed while Pennsylvania worked to clear its interstates in the region.
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
State of play: Known as USBR 51, the thruway runs 88 miles from the Missouri border south to Alma.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 9 Aug. 2024
Several people have been hospitalized after a huge motor pile-up involving at least 25 vehicles on a major thruway in Maryland Saturday morning.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2024
The incident in Hillburn led to the closure of the southbound lanes of the thruway for several hours, causing a significant traffic backlog that persisted well into the night.
—Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2024
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
State of play: Known as USBR 51, the thruway runs 88 miles from the Missouri border south to Alma.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 9 Aug. 2024
Several people have been hospitalized after a huge motor pile-up involving at least 25 vehicles on a major thruway in Maryland Saturday morning.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2024
The incident in Hillburn led to the closure of the southbound lanes of the thruway for several hours, causing a significant traffic backlog that persisted well into the night.
—Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thruway
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Future of eVTOLs In the longer term, Goldstein sees a future where eVTOLs are ubiquitous in the skies above American cities, flying in designated, but invisible, sky highways to ensure safety.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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Which freeway exits and connectors will be blocked to traffic?—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated October 28,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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The crash happened on the eastbound side of the freeway near Exit 56 in Ontario, according to FOX 11.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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Many American cars have their steering on the left side, the opposite of the standard right-side steering in Japan, where expressway tolls are on the right side, for instance.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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In response, a gunman sprayed Stanfa's car with automatic weapons during an ambush on the expressway, and although he wasn't hurt, his son Joseph was wounded in the head, per UPI.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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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
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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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During the riots, Hamida witnesses a girl paraded naked on the streets.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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City officials estimated the revenue from Disney parks attendance and parking would generate $108 million to $164 million annually toward the city’s day-to-day operations, such as providing police and fire services, operating libraries and maintaining city streets.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Tyrick Mitchell and Daniel Munoz are much better at providing the low delivery on the run, while Borna Sosa, trying the aerial route, kept finding the heads of Fredrikstad players in the first leg.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Center assigns them to specific flight routes and schedules where scientists think in-situ data would improve the forecasts as much as possible.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The issue of undocumented truck drivers has drawn national attention since semi-tractor trailer driver Harjinder Singh, a native of India, was arrested in August after a crash that allegedly stemmed from him attempting a U-Turn on the turnpike in St. Lucie County.—
Jim Saunders,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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In her lyrics, Swift nods to the road Gallatin Pike, a turnpike for commercial traffic that stretches from East Nashville up through Hendersonville.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Thruway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thruway. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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