autoroute

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Recent Examples of autoroute Cruising at around 75 mph on high-speed autoroutes would incur a range penalty of close to 50%. Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 So buyers who use their EVs for much long-distance cruising along Europe’s high-speed autoroutes will be less impressed by China’s products. Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 Fast but legal cruising down the autoroute was also unimpressive, slashing range by over 60%. Neil Winton, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 But all display weak high-speed cruising ability on autoroutes. Neil Winton, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 Yet all four fail the autoroute range test, as do their predecessors. Neil Winton, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 In autoroute cruising mode the range was slashed by 39%. Neil Winton, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 The commission bought up property along the river valley and created a landscaped autoroute leading to the headwaters in Westchester County. Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019 Neuville-St-Vaast exit from A26 autoroute, follow D49 This is arguably one of the most powerful memorials on the Western Front. Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for autoroute
Noun
  • Officials from the Canton of Solothurn said the walker noticed the brick fragments and stones near the motorway bridge along the A1 motorway in Luterbach, according to a May 20 Facebook post.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
  • My week consists of going to and from dog parks via motorways and B-roads after working hours.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • With extreme heat currently gripping vast swathes of the United States and Europe, subjecting tens of millions of people to dangerous temperatures far above what is usual for this time of year, even Germany’s famed autobahn is buckling under the strain, requiring emergency repairs.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Beer plays Laura, a piano student at a music academy in Berlin, first seen in the opening shots on an autobahn overpass looking down at a river.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The project aims to open the new highway crossing by 2032.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
  • The highway in the area has been washed away, the outlet also reported.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Regardless, Pawlicki thinks that small, cheap interventions must inform solutions for how to improve quality of life in near-downtown neighborhoods severed by interstates 50 years ago.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 4 July 2025
  • The vehicle had gone off the interstate and into a field between Westinghouse Drive and the Texas Crushed Stone business, Banks said.
    Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • There’s also a Huracán Polizia version The Italian Highway Patrol uses a Huracán with police badging and a lightbar on the autostradas in and around Bologna.
    Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Barreling down the autostrada, idling in front of our hotel, or stopping for gas, coffee, or red lights, the wagon drew constant admiration and approval.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 12 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • Obama doesn't get nearly enough flack for the NATO bombing campaign in Libya, one of the most short-sighted and memory-holed American military actions in history that had the twofer effect of destroying that entire country while also opening up a superhighway of mass immigration into Europe.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
  • This 65-mile stretch of roadway not only slashes driving time from eight hours to less than three but the new superhighway also opens access to previously remote towns in the interior, like San Pablo Coatlán and Santa María Colotepec.
    Chris Dong, AFAR Media, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The plot of land in the project is near a library, the freeway and a recreation center.
    Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
  • The judge added that Brewer was shot while on a freeway in 2018, and the bullet is still lodged in his chest. Brewer declined to speak on his behalf in court.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • People have died in Kerr County and roads were flooding in Kerrville, a city of 25,000 people about 60 miles northwest of San Antonio, authorities said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2025
  • According to the stewards, Bearman slowed down before accelerating into the pit entry road at 260 kmph.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025

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“Autoroute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autoroute. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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