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
Congress also approved last month $31 billion for disaster and economic aid to agriculture producers, $8.1 billion for federal highway and bridge repairs and $12 billion for the Community Development Block Grant Recover program.
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David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 15 Jan. 2025
The 2002 completion of a paved highway connecting São Luís, the capital of Maranhão, to the commercial town of Barreirinhas opened access to the park’s periphery.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
Areas such as Albany, Schenectady, and Saratoga are among the areas directly impacted by the warnings, with specific highways flagged for potential hazards.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Otherwise, the ride is smooth and quiet during highway cruising, and the cabin is well isolated from road and wind noise.
—Doug Newcomb, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
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David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 15 Jan. 2025
The 2002 completion of a paved highway connecting São Luís, the capital of Maranhão, to the commercial town of Barreirinhas opened access to the park’s periphery.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
Areas such as Albany, Schenectady, and Saratoga are among the areas directly impacted by the warnings, with specific highways flagged for potential hazards.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Otherwise, the ride is smooth and quiet during highway cruising, and the cabin is well isolated from road and wind noise.
—Doug Newcomb, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highway
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Aides expect Trump will return occasionally to Mar-a-Lago during the next four years, but for now, the show is moving 1,000 miles up the road.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2025
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The agency then returned on Thursday, Jan. 16 and discovered the home had split and slid onto the road.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Range within the city is only around 120 miles (193 km) while cruising around on the freeway will decrease that number further to 71 miles (114 km).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Jan. 2025
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At 47 and a native Angeleno, I had never been picked up on the freeway before.—
Stacy Fernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive male with apparent gunshot wounds lying in the street next to a vehicle parked in front of the address, according to the social media post.—
Lena Miano,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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When the wagon trains started moving out West, when the boats were landing at the foot of Main street — then things started moving.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
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Vasquez forgets that Chicago isn’t New York, and neither is our traffic, which is most problematic on the expressways and main arteries, not in a South Loop business district, which was almost devoid of traffic, human or vehicular, during the first part of rush hour on Monday morning.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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This three-phase project began in 2023 and should improve the expressway for the 275,000 drivers who use it daily.—
Justin Kaufmann,
Axios,
17 Dec. 2024
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The school’s proximity to two major thoroughfares, 47th Street and Pulaski Road, makes walking and biking too dangerous for most other parents in the community, Galvez Searle said.—
Sarah Macaraeg,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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The 405, the major thoroughfare connecting L.A. with the San Fernando Valley, remains open.—
Matteo Moschella,
NBC News,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Families being told to abandon their cars on evacuation routes to flee on foot and convalescent home residents being pushed down the street in wheelchairs as hot embers fly around them are scenes usually witnessed only in the movies.—
Caitlin Clarkson Pereira,
Hartford Courant,
24 Jan. 2025
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But the route to developing practical and commercially viable quantum computers is far from clear, with multiple competing technologies and a host of organisations, large and small, racing to develop their own solutions.—
David Prosser,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Also, please be careful in icy conditions, especially on the roadways.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Many cities are begging residents to avoid driving as the sun melts snow that then refreezes, increasing the danger on roadways.—
Robert Shackelford,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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Against a towering backdrop of black smoke with an ominous orange glow, the stately homes and broad boulevards of the Pacific Palisades looked small and exposed on Tuesday.—
Jacey Fortin,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Where is new Sacramento-area restaurant? Tandoori Pizza’s new Elk Grove location will be in the Laguna Gateway shopping plaza adjacent to Highway 99 at the intersection of Laguna and West Stockton boulevards in Elk Grove.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Highway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highway. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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