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as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
I think we should take one of the less congested roads
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Recent Examples of road
The national government has encouraged the building of roads and other infrastructure projects to try to address the loss of construction jobs at real estate developers.
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Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Others have been dreading it—and would happily finagle a deal with the universe to skip to some other day four years down the road instead.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
The 26-year-old is a prolific performer, rarely taking a break from the road.
—Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
The roads around the White House and the U.S. Capitol will be closed.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
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Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Others have been dreading it—and would happily finagle a deal with the universe to skip to some other day four years down the road instead.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
The 26-year-old is a prolific performer, rarely taking a break from the road.
—Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
The roads around the White House and the U.S. Capitol will be closed.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for road
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Production has ceased on Season 2 of the Big Talk Studios series about an 18th-century highway robber, putting a cast and crew of hundreds out of work with nothing to show for their efforts.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
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Limited driving range tends to be an issue when driving longer distances on the highway, creating an additional incentive to conserve fuel.Peter Douglas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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By the 1950s, the railroad’s checkerboard sections of the Palm Springs area became wealthy and white while the Agua Caliente’s checkerboard sections on the reservation became the home of comparatively poorer Tribal communities.Michael Albertus, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
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The mythology surrounding James himself likewise had many authors, all converging toward portraying him as a dashing foe of the bankers and railroad barons who had come to represent the inequities of America’s Gilded Age.Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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The Florida native’s two career IndyCar wins have both come on street circuits (Long Beach, Nashville – 2023) and the 2021 INDY NXT by Firestone Series Champion made it to Victory Circle in his debut INDY NXT race on the iconic 14-turn Florida street course.Bruce Martin, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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In fact, the target customer is young people who are active in a street community and seek out the store for its refined, exclusive selection of the world’s top footwear brands, from running sneakers to lifestyle shoes, technical footwear and more.Andrea Onate, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
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Moscow also hopes to build a railway through Iran that would connect Russia directly with ports on the Persian Gulf.Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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The film, which made its world premiere at the International Film Festival of India last year, follows a meticulous railway ticket checker whose discovery of minor bank discrepancies leads him down a dangerous path of systemic corruption.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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That triggered a new mandatory evacuation order for an area from Sunset Boulevard to Encino Reservoir, and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon, with sections of the thoroughfare remaining closed to ward off excess traffic in the West Los Angeles area.Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
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The once-leafy thoroughfares known as the Alphabet Streets now look like a nuclear bomb detonated at the Chase bank in the nearby shopping village.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 12 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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Where exactly on the freeway off-ramp was her daughter when she was struck and killed by a driver who kept going?Ryan Lillis, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
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By implementing erosion control practices like contour gardening, terracing and planting vegetative buffer zones along water routes, gardeners can prevent soil loss and protect water quality.Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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The city will run its Friday, Jan. 10 routes on Saturday, Jan. 11, according to a page on the city’s website.Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 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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“Road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/road. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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