1
: an expressway with fully controlled access
2
: a highway without toll fees
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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Shaw said many freeway shootings link back to conflicts that start elsewhere and follow people onto the freeway.
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The latter riffs mythopoetically on the region’s aerospace industry, and the former features an anthropology of our freeways any native Angeleno could get behind.
—John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
After earning her Commercial Driver's License (CDL), Ezrre was given her route, which was 45 minutes from her bus barn and required her to drive on the freeway.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Dust storm safety tips for drivers If driving on the freeway, exit if possible.
—Staff Reports, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The latter riffs mythopoetically on the region’s aerospace industry, and the former features an anthropology of our freeways any native Angeleno could get behind.
—John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
After earning her Commercial Driver's License (CDL), Ezrre was given her route, which was 45 minutes from her bus barn and required her to drive on the freeway.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Dust storm safety tips for drivers If driving on the freeway, exit if possible.
—Staff Reports, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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