1
: an expressway with fully controlled access
2
: a highway without toll fees
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a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time
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Range within the city is only around 120 miles (193 km) while cruising around on the freeway will decrease that number further to 71 miles (114 km).
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New Atlas, 19 Jan. 2025
Where exactly on the freeway off-ramp was her daughter when she was struck and killed by a driver who kept going?
—Ryan Lillis, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Laurie was on the freeway, driving back to Las Flores from her job at the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, when her daughter Amber texted her that the electricity in their house had gone out because of a windstorm that had picked up that morning.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
At 47 and a native Angeleno, I had never been picked up on the freeway before.
—Stacy Fernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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New Atlas, 19 Jan. 2025
Where exactly on the freeway off-ramp was her daughter when she was struck and killed by a driver who kept going?
—Ryan Lillis, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Laurie was on the freeway, driving back to Las Flores from her job at the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, when her daughter Amber texted her that the electricity in their house had gone out because of a windstorm that had picked up that morning.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
At 47 and a native Angeleno, I had never been picked up on the freeway before.
—Stacy Fernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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