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Recent Examples of byway
The byways, as two new plays by Matthew Barbot and Kallan Dana are currently demonstrating, are thick with ghosts.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
Transportation planners can improve roadway safety and increase habitat connectivity for wildlife by creating special critter byways—for mammals, birds, insects and other creatures—to pass over, under and across roads away from vehicles.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
As such, these byways are typically only open from late May through October, depending on the weather.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2023
Surrounded by the Ocala National Forest, the byway highlights the importance of preserving nature and the value of public lands.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
Transportation planners can improve roadway safety and increase habitat connectivity for wildlife by creating special critter byways—for mammals, birds, insects and other creatures—to pass over, under and across roads away from vehicles.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
As such, these byways are typically only open from late May through October, depending on the weather.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2023
Surrounded by the Ocala National Forest, the byway highlights the importance of preserving nature and the value of public lands.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for byway
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2025
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But the town’s cohesion frayed in the late twentieth century as factories shuttered, leaving behind dangerous pollution, and the construction of an interstate highway demolished the historic downtown.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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One lane is closed from 135th Street to 151st Street on southbound US-69.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2025
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Omarion Hampton also has a chance to be a first-round pick because of his hard running style and his ability to find open running lanes.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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The road is closed from Blue Ridge Cut Off/Exit 9 to Sterling Avenue/Exit 10 in Kansas City.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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Motorsports have a long history of bringing race technologies to the road.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article Five months after Seattle completed its three-year construction project for a new bus rapid transit line along a main thoroughfare, neighbors are beginning to take stock.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Crossing seven modern-day prefectures and the snowy crags of the Japanese Alps, this thoroughfare, the Nakasendō, connected the imperial capital of Kyoto with the cultural capital of Edo (now Tokyo).—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, CBS News and WJLA reported that two people were shot at the victory parade, near the parade route in the city's Spring Garden neighborhood.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Jacksonville: Monday's through Thursday's routes will run one day late.—
Joy Jackson,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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The controller then directed the Mesa plane onto a path that risked a collision, triggering cockpit alarms in both planes.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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Money & Markets 10 high-paying and fast-growing jobs that don't require a college degree There are lots of great fields out there for people who didn't go to college By Start Slideshow Start Slideshow For many, the path to success starts with obtaining a college degree.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
28 Feb. 2025
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According to police, neighbors on the otherwise idyllic-looking street had no idea what was going on inside.—
Gina Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Hundreds of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters angrily confronted each other on the streets of a mainly Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday night as officials said Jews were targeted with antisemitic rhetoric.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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This position is responsible for professional and highly complex administrative work, control and processing of documents related to large scale programs and projects involving County roadways and related infrastructure.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Byway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/byway. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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