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
Examples include the 1943 Detroit race riot and 1967 uprising, multiple eras of discriminatory policing and the 1992 killing of Malice Green, a failure to address the educational needs of Black students, redlining and the construction of freeways and industrial factories in Black neighborhoods.
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Malachi Barrett, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
Some downtown property owners and business operators are opposed to replacing the freeway with surface streets.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
The fire jumped State Route 118, and part of it was closed because of fire on both sides of the freeway, the California Transportation Department said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
The mall is an elegy for what mid-20th-century politicians and progressives imagined downtown Los Angeles could be: a city with a vibrant core, accessible by freeways, anchored by a City Hall with encomiums inscribed above entrances exalting the public good.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Malachi Barrett, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
Some downtown property owners and business operators are opposed to replacing the freeway with surface streets.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
The fire jumped State Route 118, and part of it was closed because of fire on both sides of the freeway, the California Transportation Department said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
The mall is an elegy for what mid-20th-century politicians and progressives imagined downtown Los Angeles could be: a city with a vibrant core, accessible by freeways, anchored by a City Hall with encomiums inscribed above entrances exalting the public good.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeway
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Six people, including two children, are dead after a person driving a pickup truck the wrong way on a Mississippi highway collided with a car.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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The highway administration approves the plans; state and local jurisdictions oversee construction.Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Dec. 2024
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This weekend, the Festival of the Arts returns to downtown Tempe and the APS Electric Light Parade returns to Phoenix, bringing with them road closures.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
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And just as was the case during Phelan's path to House leadership over the past two sessions, Burrows' road will travel through the heart of Democratic territory.John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
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Since the summer, the city has cleared a number of homeless encampments from North Park to the Dan Ryan expressway as part of a larger initiative to close such sites down and relocate residents to shelters or other housing.Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
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The Uber driver’s gray Volkswagen was heading east along the expressway toward the Kissena Blvd. overpass in Kew Gardens about 1:40 a.m. when the woman, Priyanka Sewhani, who was sitting in the back seat, opened the door and jumped out of the moving ride-share vehicle.Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Nov. 2024
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The route covers 2000 years of Maastricht, passing the most beautiful monuments, the coziest squares and the most atmospheric streets.Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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There are so many people who haven’t got jobs, who are just out on the street.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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Protesters again gathered outside the parliament building on the main Rustaveli Avenue thoroughfare, launching fireworks at the building and at police lines.David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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There’s a restaurant for every craving and any budget along Bay View’s main thoroughfare.Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
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Thirteen new flight routes to Rovaniemi Airport opened this year, bringing passengers from Geneva, Berlin, Bordeaux and more.CNN, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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This second route, the one Patient X was using to recognize emotions, goes directly to the lower part of the brain (to the amygdala).Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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South-central Michigan could see 2-4 inches of snow with gusty winds up to 35 mph, leading to slippery roadways.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The couple had been driving around a roadway near the San Cayetano farm in Guatemala’s municipality of Chicacao, Suchitepéquez, at around noon when the incident happened, per reports.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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The main boulevards there and in Temple City are lined with strip malls featuring Asian supermarkets and Chinese regional cuisines.Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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In October, Cleveland received a $60 million grant from Buttigieg's DOT for the first phase of that project, transforming the Shoreway into a pedestrian-friendly boulevard.Sam Allard, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeway. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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