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a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a cow wandered into the roadway
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Recent Examples of roadways
The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Artificial light can disorient hatchlings, pulling them away from the ocean and toward roadways or buildings—a common and often fatal outcome along Florida’s coast.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Nearly 41% of fatalities on Michigan roadways in 2023 involved alcohol and/or drugs.
—Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
During the advisory, slippery travel conditions are possible, especially on untreated roadways.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
City officials estimate closing the Upper Great Highway to cars and rerouting traffic through other eastern roadways would add only three minutes to drive times.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Another inch of snow was expected in the Chicago area Friday morning, causing untreated roadways to potentially become covered or slick, the weather service said.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Visibility issues could affect roadways and secondary airports.
—Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Artificial light can disorient hatchlings, pulling them away from the ocean and toward roadways or buildings—a common and often fatal outcome along Florida’s coast.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Nearly 41% of fatalities on Michigan roadways in 2023 involved alcohol and/or drugs.
—Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
During the advisory, slippery travel conditions are possible, especially on untreated roadways.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
City officials estimate closing the Upper Great Highway to cars and rerouting traffic through other eastern roadways would add only three minutes to drive times.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Another inch of snow was expected in the Chicago area Friday morning, causing untreated roadways to potentially become covered or slick, the weather service said.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Visibility issues could affect roadways and secondary airports.
—Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadways
Noun
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On highways and surface roads in the rural countryside west of Detroit, the 2025 Ford Explorer was smooth and quiet, with plenty of power for highway acceleration.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Red and white English flags have proliferated along streets and been painted on roads.—
Vitalii Yalahuzian,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Residents have told the Riverworks Development Corporation that many trucks use neighborhood roads instead of sticking to West Vienna Avenue and North Third Street, which are the two thoroughfares bordering the warehouse.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The main thoroughfares, Bridge Street and Castlebar Street, are lined with homegrown shops, cafés, and pubs situated in historic buildings.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just this morning, DHS took violent offenders off the streets with arrests for assault, DUI, and felony stalking.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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What’s most inspiring about these showings of texture on the streets of New York fashion week is that more times than not, Black women are not widely embraced in all of their glory to live in their textures during these occasions.—
Essence,
Essence,
16 Sep. 2025
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The latter riffs mythopoetically on the region’s aerospace industry, and the former features an anthropology of our freeways any native Angeleno could get behind.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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The issue also clogged Bay Area freeways, where bumper-to-bumper traffic jammed up Interstates 80, 880 and 580 and Highways 13 and 24 more than usual for a Friday.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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,
2 Sep. 2025
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The signals are designed to improve traffic flow on congested expressways.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Crews will also maintain safe travel routes to support twice-daily fuel convoys to the Wishon hydroelectric station.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Already, the agency has added new public education messaging inside buses and along routes, transit officials said.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Glória Funicular route is short but steep, beginning at the Praça dos Restauradores station in Baixa, right beside Avenida da Liberdade, one of Lisbon's grand boulevards.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Sofia rests on ancient Roman ruins—its skyline pierced by golden Orthodox domes, leafy parks, and boulevards humming with espresso cafés and bookstalls.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Roadways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadways. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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