tollway

noun

toll·​way ˈtōl-ˌwā How to pronounce tollway (audio)

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Police were called at 11:45 p.m. Saturday to the crash in the 6400 block of the southbound 183 tollway, officials said. Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Village officials, too, have to decide on what form the property along Washington Street, west of Milwaukee back to the tollway, will take. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025 One of the first ideas to plug the transit hole was slapping an additional 50-cent surcharge on users of the Illinois tollway system, which is mainly used by suburbanites in the collar counties. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025 Be careful — other California tollways have similar transponders that are not synced with the Texas authority. Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tollway

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tollway was in 1949

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“Tollway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tollway. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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