as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
the turnpike was jammed with people heading south for the long weekend
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Recent Examples of turnpike
Her prior infractions were for violating rules on the Pennsylvania turnpike in 2014, driving without proper inspection in 2015, and speeding in 2021.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 17 July 2024
Authorities shut down the eastbound lanes on the turnpike for several hours while investigating the shooting.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024
All sorts of consumer watchdogs, toll road systems and law enforcement authorities are warning about an uptick in a turnpike scam.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2024
Numerous Berlin residents objected during a series of hearings, saying the density is too high and the apartments would be too close to the turnpike.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2024
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 17 July 2024
Authorities shut down the eastbound lanes on the turnpike for several hours while investigating the shooting.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024
All sorts of consumer watchdogs, toll road systems and law enforcement authorities are warning about an uptick in a turnpike scam.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2024
Numerous Berlin residents objected during a series of hearings, saying the density is too high and the apartments would be too close to the turnpike.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnpike
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The administration has noted that heavy trucks do significant damage to the state’s highways and this fee enables Connecticut to force businesses based out-of-state to contribute toward infrastructure repair costs.Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2025
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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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Utah’s Brice Sensabaugh, a Lake Highland Prep product, led all scorers with 27 points off the bench in the 13-point road victory.Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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The Jayhawks, in fact, on Sunday recorded the largest margin of victory by a road team in Big 12 Conference history.Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
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Whether tearing up muddy roads, crawling up high-clearance 4×4 routes, trying to park my car in deep snow banks, or cruising freeways at 75 mph, the KO3 has always felt like a good choice.Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 2 Jan. 2025
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How To Watch the Rose Parade 2025 via Live Stream The 2025 Rose Parade will be streamed live on YouTube for free by Pasadena Star-News, with the stream based just before participants make their way below the 210 freeway bridge.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 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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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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There are street lights and sidewalks; a park and a half-dozen schools lie within walking distance.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Standing as tall as six stories, these large structures with mansard roofs provided modern apartments while, along with the broad streets, gave Paris a visual unity—along with giving ample subject matter to the Impressionists for their paintings!Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 14 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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These tests are about human beings, fighting for their homes, watering their roofs, talking to each other, planning escape routes, sharing food and water, rallying to urgency.Jim Newton, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
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But then a nearby elementary school caught fire, sending flames dancing onto the roadway and forcing her to turn her car around.Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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With 15 minutes of the first notification of the fire at the school at 701 Palisades Drive, fire engines from Station 23 began streaming up the roadway.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Turnpike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnpike. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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