as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a cow wandered into the roadway
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Recent Examples of roadway
Michael Foster was walking in the roadway on Caton Ave. near Flatbush Ave.
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Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Killion encouraged people to stay home during the storm as crews work to clear roadways.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Troopers believe the crash started with a rear-end collision, which caused the at-fault vehicle to run off the roadway.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
One vehicle was thrust toward the other side of the roadway by the sheer force, but thankfully no one was injured.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Killion encouraged people to stay home during the storm as crews work to clear roadways.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Troopers believe the crash started with a rear-end collision, which caused the at-fault vehicle to run off the roadway.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
One vehicle was thrust toward the other side of the roadway by the sheer force, but thankfully no one was injured.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadway
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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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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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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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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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Other possibly affected thoroughfares include Interstate 81, north of Syracuse, New York.Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2024
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Those projects include road expansions on main thoroughfares such as Cross Prairie Parkway, Old Canoe Creek Road, Hickory Tree Road and others.Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
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Officers closed down five nearby streets, searched the vehicle, arrested the driver, and cleared the roadways again.Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Jan. 2025
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Davidson was caught on video surveillance from street corner cameras throwing an e-bike onto the road and chasing one minor until the minor fell to the ground, court records said.Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 1 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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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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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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To make up for the lost practice time, the two spent extra time after practices and discussed plays and routes in the locker room afterward.Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Their new apartment is on a bus route, which will help.Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Roadway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadway. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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