off-ramp

noun

: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway

Examples of off-ramp in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Authorities said a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline was traveling in the northbound lanes of the highway and was overturned while on a left-hand turn on an off-ramp. Pilar Arias, Fox News, 13 June 2024 The shooting happened shortly before midnight in the northbound lanes of the highway right before the exit 9 off-ramp in Homestead, said Detective Angel Rodriguez, a Miami-Dade County police spokesman. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 June 2024 Traffic will use temporary off-ramps at Centennial Way and 10th Avenue (exits 27 and 28). Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2024 Victor Fields of San Diego was riding on the shoulder on the southbound side of the freeway, steering onto an off-ramp at Palm Avenue in Otay Mesa when a Toyota sedan hit him shortly after 7:30 p.m. May 29, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024 Officers responded to a call about an accident on the I-30 westbound off-ramp near Baird Farm Road. Jaida Joyner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2024 That requires face-to-face meetings so that misperceptions can be ironed out quickly, competitive steps by the United States can be explained directly, and both sides can find off-ramps. Rush Doshi, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2024 Police and the investigations division, which probes fatal encounters with police throughout Maryland, both said the officers did not follow the vehicle onto the Beltway after the driver entered through the outer loop off-ramp before the interstate’s Liberty Road exit. Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024 Those cameras were installed in three areas — the Interstate 5 off-ramps along Encinitas Boulevard, plus two major intersections: one at Coast Highway 101 and Encinitas Boulevard, and the other at Rancho Santa Fe Road and Avenida La Costa. Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-ramp was in 1939

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“Off-ramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-ramp. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.

Kids Definition

off-ramp

noun
ˈȯf-ˌramp
: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway
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