shunpike

noun

Definition of shunpikenext
as in side road

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunpike
  1. side road
  2. side street
  3. secondary road
  4. high road
  5. street
  6. roadway
  7. road
  8. highway
Noun
  • On a side road, where hundreds of attendees parked their cars, a Tesla cybertruck sported two Trump flags on the back.
    Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Near the Tennessee state line, crews were finally starting to reach side roads after clearing the main roads winding through switchbacks, but that brought a new set of challenges.
    Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of side road
Noun
  • Lasting between two-and-a-half to three hours on average, Road Raves weave through a network of bike lanes and side streets, with brief stops at the key sites connected to the theme of the day’s route, Grosspietsch said.
    Sylvan Lebrun, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The venue, a downtown Manhattan club on a side street thronged with everyone from movie stars to wannabes hoping to gain entry to the party that was still raging at 3 a.m., had been at capacity since midnight.
    Amy DuBois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of side street
Noun
  • Taking secondary roads with lower speed limits or postponing travel during squall warnings are advised.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Steward’s walk was the real deal: a four-hour amble along secondary roads past farmsteads and olive groves, the undulating terrain fanning out around us on all sides.
    Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of secondary road
Noun
  • The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Low gas prices are expected to fuel high road traffic.
    Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of high road
Noun
  • The New York City Police Department issued preemptive warnings via social media, reminding participants that open containers remain prohibited on city streets and that impeding pedestrian or vehicular traffic could result in citations.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Two streets over, Stray Coffee Roasters specializes in single-origin beans with flavor profiles like blueberry and rose hip.
    Sahar Khan, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of street
Noun
  • South-central Michigan could see 2-4 inches of snow with gusty winds up to 35 mph, leading to slippery roadways.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The couple had been driving around a roadway near the San Cayetano farm in Guatemala’s municipality of Chicacao, Suchitepéquez, at around noon when the incident happened, per reports.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of roadway
Noun
  • This weekend, the Festival of the Arts returns to downtown Tempe and the APS Electric Light Parade returns to Phoenix, bringing with them road closures.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • And just as was the case during Phelan's path to House leadership over the past two sessions, Burrows' road will travel through the heart of Democratic territory.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of road
Noun
  • The highway administration approves the plans; state and local jurisdictions oversee construction.
    Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Six people, including two children, are dead after a person driving a pickup truck the wrong way on a Mississippi highway collided with a car.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of highway
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