1
: an expressway with fully controlled access
2
: a highway without toll fees
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Examples of freeway in a Sentence
a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time
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The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising drivers to add extra travel time to prepare for weekend travels with freeway work scheduled along Interstate 17, U.S. 60, Interstate 10 and Loop 101.
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The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024
In recent years, one of the farm’s employees, Juan Ramirez, has crafted giant minions out of hay bales that are visible from the freeway.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
After the riots in 1992, what was considered a proper canvas for the street artist expanded beyond the city’s buses, freeway overpasses, and walls of the L.A. river and local businesses.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Now picture looking out the window and seeing the freeway hundreds of miles below your wheels.
—Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
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The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024
In recent years, one of the farm’s employees, Juan Ramirez, has crafted giant minions out of hay bales that are visible from the freeway.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
After the riots in 1992, what was considered a proper canvas for the street artist expanded beyond the city’s buses, freeway overpasses, and walls of the L.A. river and local businesses.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Now picture looking out the window and seeing the freeway hundreds of miles below your wheels.
—Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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