corniches

noun

Definition of cornichesnext
plural of corniche
as in side roads

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  1. highways
  2. roadways
  3. roads
  4. pike
  5. arteries
  6. passes
  7. freeways
Noun
  • Total zero-emission vehicles registered is about 100,000, or 1 in 80 on the highways.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The effort builds on previous legislation that targeted animal passage and safety on state highways.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of highways
Noun
  • Neighbors used chainsaws to clear roadways.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This is because more regional funding for roadways and bus operations frees up revenue in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa to go toward light rail.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of roadways
Noun
  • The group posted photos of its mule team climbing mountain roads that had been split and washed away by the storm.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Flash flooding from creeks and rivers conspired with Appalachian mudslides to sweep away scores of people, destroy homes and businesses, collapse roads and devastate entire communities.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of roads
Noun
  • Still coming down the pike are Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, a follow-up to a Best Picture winner; Jon M. Chu’s Wicked, an adaptation of the first half of the famed musical; and James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, a biopic of obscure Nobel laureate Robert Zimmerman.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Sticking her double pike, Tiana burst into nearly immediate tears.
    Caroline Price, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of pike
Noun
  • The first measures systolic blood pressure, the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats and pumps blood.
    Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The second number, diastolic blood pressure, measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart is resting between beats.
    Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of arteries
Noun
  • If Proposition 33 passes, cities would be given the green light to control rents on any type of housing, including single-family homes and new apartments.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Mayfield enjoyed an excellent game himself, throwing two more touchdown passes before halftime, and another field goal from McLaughlin late in the third meant the Bucs entered the fourth quarter up 27-20.
    Jamie Barton, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of passes
Noun
  • Continue reading … HAUNTING HIGHWAYS – Serial killers hide as long-haul truckers to terrorize America’s freeways, expert says.
    Fox News, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • All leftover funds would go toward preserving existing freeways, roads and public transit, meaning no expansion would take place.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of freeways
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corniness

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