as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a cow wandered into the roadway
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Recent Examples of roadway
In a statement, Higgins, now a candidate for mayor in the city of Miami, said the original timeline was delayed as Miami-Dade answers questions from Florida’s Department of Transportation, which controls the MacArthur Causeway and other roadways around the project.
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
These are some of the most at-risk people on the road: pedestrians, cyclists and others who increasingly use methods of micro-mobility to navigate our streets and roadways.
—Bryan Mistele, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Much of the roadway construction along Farnsworth Avenue, Bilter Road and Church Road is connected to the new Hollywood Casino-Aurora resort, however, the city had already been planning to do roadwork in that area, according to past reporting.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Authorities were dispatched to a home on the 200 block of Dorsey Drive in San Antonio after 7 p.m., and upon arrival, found Joss near the roadway of the location, officials said.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
These are some of the most at-risk people on the road: pedestrians, cyclists and others who increasingly use methods of micro-mobility to navigate our streets and roadways.
—Bryan Mistele, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Much of the roadway construction along Farnsworth Avenue, Bilter Road and Church Road is connected to the new Hollywood Casino-Aurora resort, however, the city had already been planning to do roadwork in that area, according to past reporting.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Authorities were dispatched to a home on the 200 block of Dorsey Drive in San Antonio after 7 p.m., and upon arrival, found Joss near the roadway of the location, officials said.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadway
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This case follows another that occurred in 2018, when armed men kidnapped two members of the musical group Los Norteños de Río Bravo, whose bodies were later found on the federal highway connecting Reynosa to Río Bravo, Tamaulipas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
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There are about 545 active capital projects planned for this year on state highways, bridges and roads.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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Inside the cozy cockpit, leather, burl wood, and side curtains with sliding plastic windows take the driver back many decades to a time when radios were an optional nuisance—all that mattered was the vehicle and the road.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
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But, the fastest ever pure-petrol road car at the first attempt is a pretty good result too.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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But that Miami location near the busy LeJeune Road thoroughfare that leads from Miami International Airport five miles away also once made this Sears a popular destination with tourists.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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Lamia is laser-focused on fulfilling her cake-baking duty, but Bibi has made this trip with another purpose, one that divides the two and sets Lamia on a quest through the city’s thoroughfares and backstreets and bustling souk, with its hawkers and their wares.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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In one video, officers were seen throwing smoke bombs and flash bangs onto the street to get people to disperse, so the authorities could drive away in vans, SUVs and military-style vehicles.—
Greg Wehner , Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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Like the old streets in so many cities, which were meant to bring out the history, turned out to be repetitions everywhere.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The collision occurred about 4:15 a.m. in the freeway’s northbound lanes, near Everman Parkway, Fort Worth police said.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2025
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Install cameras at freeway on-ramps to cite people who drive in diamond lanes (alone) getting onto the freeway.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Marty Quinn, whose 13th Ward is covered by CPD’s Chicago Lawn District, said several arterial streets are akin to expressways, and the area’s police officers are regularly swamped with other calls for service and unable to discourage aggressive and reckless drivers.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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The northbound lanes of the expressway near the scene of the crash remained closed late Wednesday morning.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
21 May 2025
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Tucked behind locked iron gates on one of the Village’s most storied carriageways, the one-bedroom, two-bathroom residence is a fusion of historic charm and modern refinement.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
29 Apr. 2025
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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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But there’s another route this could go down, a silent divorce.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
5 June 2025
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Process mining is the statistically most popular routes (where there is tracking).—
Ian Gotts,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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“Roadway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadway. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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