as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time
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Recent Examples of freeway
Currently Waymo does not operate on freeways and their vehicles drive more conservatively than human drivers.
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Gustavo Castillo, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
It’s rated at 26 miles per gallon in city driving, 34 mpg on the freeway.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
Still, somewhere about an hour away from Monterey, where the 101 freeway is straight and visibility is exemplary, a Lamborghini Aventador SV and Porsche 911 GT3RS buzzed by.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
Plan ahead this post-Halloween weekend and check out all the freeway closures and detours along U.S. 60, Interstate 17, Loop 202 and Interstate 10.
—The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
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Gustavo Castillo, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
It’s rated at 26 miles per gallon in city driving, 34 mpg on the freeway.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
Still, somewhere about an hour away from Monterey, where the 101 freeway is straight and visibility is exemplary, a Lamborghini Aventador SV and Porsche 911 GT3RS buzzed by.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
Plan ahead this post-Halloween weekend and check out all the freeway closures and detours along U.S. 60, Interstate 17, Loop 202 and Interstate 10.
—The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
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On the other side of the country, the head of the Washington state DOT has requested $150 million from the state legislature to address the shortcomings of legacy highways.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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Two people who relatives say are the victim’s cousins have been charged in connection with the murder in Connecticut of an 18-year-old whose body was found wrapped in a comforter on a highway.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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These plans outline how a forest will be managed — like logging parameters, species protections, restoration projects and road maintenance.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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Smith also did not dress for road games last month against the Winnipeg Jets, Los Angeles Kings, and the Utah Hockey Club.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Chicago has less than 15 miles, excluding bus-on-shoulder lanes on expressways.Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
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After all, the expressway connects two of Cincinnati’s major highways.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024
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People pass by on the street as Hurricane Rafael passes by Havana, Cuba, on Wednesday.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Downtown, the nearly identical tents of the Harris/Walz and Trump/Vance campaigns stood separated by several hundred feet on one of the main streets, but almost no one collected posters or bumper stickers from either forlorn camp on a balmy but heavily overcast day.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Roman Road, in London’s East End, is a busy thoroughfare just south of Victoria Park.Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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The next one on the boards is the 15,000 square foot dining and entertainment venue Oro and Elixir opening on main thoroughfare Lincoln Road this fall.Laurie Werner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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One route candidates can take is through a recount.Chantelle Lee, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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Dolce tells Axios that the route Ardonagh took with both direct lenders and bank lenders combining on the same deal raised some eyebrows.Michael Flaherty, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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New high-capacity roadways traversed forests and farmland, often terminating at what was then the urban edge.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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But for the film, Caldwell and Honnold spent 38 days biking 2,320 miles from his home in Estes Park, Colorado, to the tiny town of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, where the roadway ends.Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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Several canvases show a bird’s-eye view of Paris’s crowded Haussmann-era boulevards, composed from his balcony.Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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From the classic cafés of Prague to the boulevards of Warsaw lined with post-soviet buildings, a new class of wealth is emerging.Francois Botha, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeway. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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