as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city
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Recent Examples of highway
The truck driver, who was also injured, tried to flee the scene of the crash late Thursday night on a highway near Nuporanga, a city about 230 miles from the state's capital, but was caught and hospitalized.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Ice is also present on Interstate 25 north of the Denver metro area, Interstate 76 northeast of Sterling and on other state and federal highways.
—Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2025
Witness accounts reported the three males had run from the highway onto Mill Plain Road in Danbury, police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2025
This was the second time this month police arrested a pet owner whose dog was exposed to the elements on the highway.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Ice is also present on Interstate 25 north of the Denver metro area, Interstate 76 northeast of Sterling and on other state and federal highways.
—Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2025
Witness accounts reported the three males had run from the highway onto Mill Plain Road in Danbury, police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2025
This was the second time this month police arrested a pet owner whose dog was exposed to the elements on the highway.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highway
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Putting off a little mess can mean an even bigger one down the road (or even warrant a call to the exterminator).—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2025
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Along the roads in this region, blue and green pump jacks nod like mechanical farm animals in the fields.—
Stanley Reed,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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The demonstration included a sign posted over the freeway as well as individuals pacing with Nazi flags, according to video that aired on the station.—
Joe Kottke,
NBC News,
8 Feb. 2025
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The 8-year-old girl stood in court and explained the immense sorrow a Sacramento police detective created when his car drifted off a freeway and fatally struck brothers Juan Carlos and Lionel Rodriguez.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacramento Bee,
4 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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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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The closures affect the eastbound lanes starting at NW 17th Avenue on the expressway, State Road 836, just west of Interstate-95, FDOT said in an alert.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2025
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
10 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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Trump has stated that his interest in purchasing—or even taking over—the Danish territory was driven by the frequent passage of Russian and Chinese merchant vessels and warships through Arctic routes close to Greenland.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Durham said Caro Quintero and his associates pioneered drug trafficking routes through Colombia, Mexico and into the United States, building one of the most significant drug organizations in the world that trafficked heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
28 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 most difficult travel conditions are expected on secondary roadways, including gravel and dirt roads.—
Joe Edwards,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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The main parade begins at Bay to Bay and Bayshore boulevards and continues along downtown to Brorein Street, then turns on Ashley Drive.—
Michelle Stark,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2025
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Just up the boulevard is his other go-to, Grocery Outlet.—
Francine Kiefer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Highway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highway. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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