1
a
: a beaten path made by animals
b
: a passageway for animals
2
: a paved strip of ground on a landing field for the landing and takeoff of aircraft
3
a
: a narrow platform from a stage into an auditorium
b
: a platform along which models walk in a fashion show
4
5
: the area or path along which a jumper, pole-vaulter, or javelin thrower runs
Examples of runway in a Sentence
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JetBlue flight 1554 from Washington to Boston was cleared for takeoff, while Southwest flight 2937 to Orlando was cleared to cross the same runway.
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Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
By this point, the plane had left the gate and was headed toward the runway, prosecutors said.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024
According to Vogue Business, this past Fall/Winter 2024 runway season, only 0.8 percent of models were plus-sized on the runways in all four major fashion capitals.
—Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
On its box cover, after all, is one of Jun Takahashi’s spring 2024 Undercover terrarium dresses, complete with living plants, and, on the Paris runway at least, flitting butterflies.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2024
At Dubai's main airport, the runway flooded and Emirates suspended all departing flights until Thursday.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
Chocolate brown hit the runways and effortlessly made its way into home interiors this year—and according to Behr Paint Company, the warm shade deserves some recognition on the exterior, too.
—Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2024
Following that fateful Miami game, in September 2023 Kim was front and center at Beckham's Paris Fashion Week show, where her younger sister Kendall Jenner walked the runway.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2024
Wildflowers also appeared on LAX runways in the spring of 2019, after heavy winter storms.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
By this point, the plane had left the gate and was headed toward the runway, prosecutors said.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024
According to Vogue Business, this past Fall/Winter 2024 runway season, only 0.8 percent of models were plus-sized on the runways in all four major fashion capitals.
—Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
On its box cover, after all, is one of Jun Takahashi’s spring 2024 Undercover terrarium dresses, complete with living plants, and, on the Paris runway at least, flitting butterflies.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2024
At Dubai's main airport, the runway flooded and Emirates suspended all departing flights until Thursday.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
Chocolate brown hit the runways and effortlessly made its way into home interiors this year—and according to Behr Paint Company, the warm shade deserves some recognition on the exterior, too.
—Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2024
Following that fateful Miami game, in September 2023 Kim was front and center at Beckham's Paris Fashion Week show, where her younger sister Kendall Jenner walked the runway.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2024
Wildflowers also appeared on LAX runways in the spring of 2019, after heavy winter storms.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Runway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/runway. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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runway
noun
run·way
ˈrən-ˌwā 
2
: a paved strip of ground (as at an airport) for the landing and takeoff of aircraft
3
: a support (as a track, pipe, or trough) on which something runs
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