parkway

noun

Definition of parkwaynext
as in interstate

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Recent Examples of parkway As Mike was driving home, his father called to say a car accident shut down the parkway. — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 27 July 2026 The parkway was evacuated Saturday evening while droves of people were still in line to enter due to approaching thunderstorms. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Some of the parkway’s most spectacular stretches can be found here in the Tar Heel State, especially just south of Asheville. — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026 In October 2025, the Sacramento City Council approved a plan to close the longest gap in the parkway. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for parkway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parkway
  1. interstate
  2. bypass
  3. beltway
  4. superhighway
  5. highway
  6. motorway
  7. autobahn
  8. boulevard
Noun
  • Tanaka was driving a black Chevrolet Equinox when a woman driving a black BMW passed him on the interstate, according to the affidavit.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • From the interstate to the eastern suburbs, Citrus Heights’ city council hopefuls are focused on Sunrise Mall.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of interstate
Noun
  • This could signal someone is trying to tune a bypass workflow.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • That bypass channel will serve as the flood control element of Panther Island.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of bypass
Noun
  • Ryle recommends taking the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana beltway to avoid delays.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Over 85% of federal employees live outside of the Washington, DC, beltway, with states like Florida, Texas and California hubs for more than 100,000 workers each, government data shows.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Definition of beltway
Noun
  • Our strategic position between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi watershed set our course as a commerce superhighway, with the Chicago Portage connecting two vast trading routes between the Atlantic and the Gulf.
    — Alaina Harkness, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
  • Mycorrhizal fungi direct traffic through nutrient superhighways and restructure the soil to support life across entire ecosystems.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of superhighway
Noun
  • Dyed diesel is not available at most ordinary gas stations or truck stops, and it is normally prohibited for highway use.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In video obtained by KTLA-TV, an SUV can be seen traveling along the highway before smashing into another car.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of highway
Noun
  • And, of course, there won’t be many people who want to defend someone in that position — or, indeed, listen to any hard-luck stories — now the details have been outlined in court about his motorway rampage.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Germany and Italy expanded motorway networks—the Autobahn and the autostrada—laying the foundations for the automobile’s privileged position in this modernity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of motorway
Noun
  • The new Stars arena will be located off the Dallas autobahn, more commonly called the Dallas North Tollway, which over the last decade has become one of the busiest main roads in DFW.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
  • Southbound on the autobahn, just shy of the halfway point to Munich, a 45‑minute detour east leads to Weltenburger Klosterbrauerei, brewing since 1050.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Definition of autobahn
Noun
  • The centerpiece boulevard has become blighted by empty lots and vacant buildings.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • More than a century later, Ben Ali was honored along the boulevard in the neighborhood that bore the old rancho’s name.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of boulevard

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