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a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a cow wandered into the roadway
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Recent Examples of roadway
The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
This position is responsible for professional and highly complex administrative work, control and processing of documents related to large scale programs and projects involving County roadways and related infrastructure.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
The most difficult travel conditions are expected on secondary roadways, including gravel and dirt roads.
—Joe Edwards, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2025
Officers responding at 10:13 p.m. determined the two adults and two children inside the home were unharmed and also recovered nine .45 caliber shells from the roadway.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
This position is responsible for professional and highly complex administrative work, control and processing of documents related to large scale programs and projects involving County roadways and related infrastructure.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
The most difficult travel conditions are expected on secondary roadways, including gravel and dirt roads.
—Joe Edwards, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2025
Officers responding at 10:13 p.m. determined the two adults and two children inside the home were unharmed and also recovered nine .45 caliber shells from the roadway.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadway
Noun
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As the snow eased and major highways reopened, strong winds and travel warnings remained.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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Yet another sinkhole has opened on Interstate 80 through Wharton, N.J., closing the heavily trafficked highway in both directions on Wednesday and into Thursday.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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New York has completed the first leg of its road back-to-back.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Following the release of Hot, the girl group is set to hit the road on the Easy Crazy Hot tour beginning next month in Incheon, South Korea before heading to several countries throughout Asia, with North American dates expected to take place in September.—
Nicole Fell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
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The ambient pop number was inspired by the couple’s first date on Los Angeles’ famed thoroughfare Sunset Blvd.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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That means a return to Sacramento’s freeways, thoroughfares and surface streets that funnel them there.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
10 Mar. 2025
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For years, some Muslim street vendors have used religion-neutral names like Raja or Sonu, a simple tweak to keep business running smoothly and avoid an economic boycott.—
Ismat Ara,
TIME,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Melbourne street race has seen its fencing being painted black, specifically around the starting grid area.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Poppies and tulips will soon blossom, most noticeably along the banks of local freeways.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Step two: Pave a freeway through Paradise Valley at the government’s expense.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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The expressway has been called the most congested road in the United States.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Two Turkey fans stood in the middle of a three-lane carriageway.—
James Horncastle,
The Athletic,
6 July 2024
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The project, first launched in 2019, broke ground in February 2023 to connect the A417 highway bypass to the Cowley roundabout, a section of road that is currently a single-lane carriageway that slows traffic, transportation officials said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2024
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Liverpool’s fixture list isn’t the kindest Liverpool blank in Gameweek 29 means selling Salah (£13.8m) is an easy route to buying Erling Haaland (£14.7m), who looks to be the best captain for the next two gameweeks as Manchester City host Brighton & Hove Albion and Leicester City.—
Abdul Rehman,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Little River Tennessee This Tennessee tubing hot spot boasts a calm, dog-friendly route with a rock jump and swimming holes, and a more adventurous route with swifter rapids.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Roadway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadway. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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