as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time
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Recent Examples of freeway
The helicopter landed along the northbound side of the freeway, near the Aliso Creek Rest Area, California Highway Patrol said in a statement.
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Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
About an hour east of here, miles of flat, black solar panels and bulky white battery storage facilities sprout alongside the Interstate 10 freeway, and more could be coming on public lands here and across the West.
—Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Per Los Angeles Daily News and The San Bernardino Sun, a Toyota Camry drifted off the freeway and onto the right shoulder, before hitting a tree stump.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Southern Californians can expect to see high wait times at the airports and congested traffic on the freeways during the holidays this year.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
About an hour east of here, miles of flat, black solar panels and bulky white battery storage facilities sprout alongside the Interstate 10 freeway, and more could be coming on public lands here and across the West.
—Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Per Los Angeles Daily News and The San Bernardino Sun, a Toyota Camry drifted off the freeway and onto the right shoulder, before hitting a tree stump.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Southern Californians can expect to see high wait times at the airports and congested traffic on the freeways during the holidays this year.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeway
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Speeds along most of the highways headed into and out of downtown were above 45 mph.Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
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The highway was open by Sunday morning, with the department warning drivers of travel delays after avalanche mitigation and road operations were complete.Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Capitol Police have stepped up security for the event, closing roads and increasing patrols around the Capitol grounds.Kate Selig, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Crews will be working around the clock, but icy roads and downed trees are slowing progress.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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From the second half of the 20th century, pioneering thinkers such as American author and activist Jane Jacobs and Danish architect Jan Gehl began highlighting the inhuman way our cities were being shaped, with boring constructions, barren spaces and brutal expressways.Thomas Heatherwick, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2025
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The expressway runs from the regional capital Urumqi in northern Xinjiang to Yuli County in southern Xinjiang.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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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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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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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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Since Week 8, Stafford has targeted Nacua on nearly 40 percent of his routes, the most of any receiver in that span, according to Next Gen Stats.Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Shorter runs, like one-star and zero-star, demand constant perfection amid routes that have been hyper optimized over time by others.Patricia Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Officers arrived to find the motorcyclist unconscious in the roadway.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Video along the Pacific Coast Highway showed widespread destruction of homes and businesses along the famed roadway.Jaimie Ding, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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Some of the city's oldest multifamily structures line the boulevard in one of its densest neighborhoods.Tara Prindiville, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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The event, started by journalist and walking aficionado Michael Schneider, has hundreds of Angelenos trekking the length of an iconic boulevard every November on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeway. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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