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highway
[ hahy-wey ]
noun
- a main road, especially one between towns or cities:
the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.
Synonyms: , , ,
- any public road or waterway.
- any main or ordinary route, track, or course.
highway
/ ˈɪˌɱɪ /
noun
- a public road that all may use
- law a main road, esp one that connects towns or cities
- a main route for any form of transport
- a direct path or course
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Example Sentences
Got pulled over going 62 miles an hour, not a soul on the highway.
Ever since then, I’ve been marking fruit on my map, and now I have a crazy map where you can’t see streets, you can’t see any highways, because it’s just blue flags everywhere.
National and state highways together make up about 5% of the total network, while other roads - including gleaming access-controlled expressways - account for the rest.
It’s been a deadly Easter morning with two fatalities on area highways.
And the the sooner the work is done, the sooner access might improve along the highway, a lifeline for residents and for businesses that depend on customers coming from Santa Monica and points beyond.
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