Thesaurus results for WALKWAYS

walkways

noun

plural of walkway

as in roadways

a path for walking a concrete walkway A covered walkway connects the two buildings.

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Recent Examples of walkways The crab was sidling along one of the outside walkways, where the thick, humid air lingered close to the ground. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Moderate flooding of sea water is possibly over some vulnerable low-lying coastal areas, especially around the late morning high tide, including over beach parking lots, bike paths, and harbor walkways. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2026 The conservative activist had been debating students before a crowd of thousands in an outdoor courtyard surrounded by tall buildings and elevated walkways on the campus in Orem, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City. — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026 Neglected outdoor spaces like dead grass or cracked walkways can make a bad first impression. — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 21 Sep. 2026 The walkways are wider and the varied amenities are more carefully designed to allow better overall viewing of the field while grabbing a concession or visiting one of the many restrooms. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026 Insider tip The hotel’s historic building means some rooms have attic-style ceilings or narrow walkways to get to them. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026 London’s Heathrow Airport has cozy but well-trafficked little nooks along their moving walkways. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Viewing walkways have been installed, as well as lighting that helps reveal the intricate details of both the mosaic and the fresco. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

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Noun

There may be times of limited visibility, ponding on the roadways and areas of minor flooding.

— Sarah Wroblewski, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
Winds will be strongest on bridges, elevated roadways, and exposed coastal areas.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of roadways

Noun

This arrangement, Brughmans said, illustrates one of the ways in which ancient Roman passageways have survived, with contemporary, larger paved roads running roughly along the old path.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Begin at the Grand Bazaar, where more than 4,000 shops are packed in a labyrinth of vaulted passageways that have bustled with traders for over 500 years.

— Vicki Power, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of passageways

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The massive project funded from 13 federal, state and local agencies, gives a glimpse of what’s to come for Long Beach thoroughfares.

— Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Two years later, Wong became one of the key leaders of the city’s Umbrella Movement protests that rallied thousands of predominantly young people to the streets to call for greater democracy by blocking major thoroughfares for 79 straight days.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of thoroughfares

Noun

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern cite 500-plus supportive customers, more than 2,000 filed statements, and backers including trucking giant Knight-Swift and a claim of 2 million fewer truckloads on highways.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
For decades, the story has focused on population loss, empty storefronts, highways that divided neighborhoods and a downtown that too often goes quiet after work.

— Mark Taylor, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

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