high road

noun

Definition of high roadnext
as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel hair-raising tales of outlaws who ambushed coaches traveling the high roads

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Recent Examples of high road Rounding out the top three is Switzerland, which also has a very low road traffic death rate of 2.2 per 100,000 people, low fuel and EV charging costs, and a very high road quality score of 6.3 out of 7. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2024 Speeding isn’t the only reason why the US has such high road fatality rates. — Marin Cogan, Vox, 13 May 2024 In the United States, thousands of ‘high road’ restaurants are paving the way to a better industry, not just leading with their great food but their values. — Saru Jayaraman, CNN, 14 Jan. 2023 If 2016 Obama was singing the virtues of the high road, firmly but selectively pushing back on a presidential candidate who had peddled falsehoods about her husband, her 2020 speech shot fire from that high road by using Trump’s words against him. — Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2020 See All Example Sentences for high road
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high road
  1. road
  2. highway
  3. street
  4. freeway
  5. thoroughfare
  6. route
  7. expressway
  8. carriageway
Noun
  • Looking ahead to the 2026 midterm elections and 2028 presidential race, a prominent candidate with national ambitions would face a very tricky road running for new positions in back-to-back election cycles.
    — Joshua Spivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In Colorado, transportation officials use avalanche forecasts to assess road safety, including a highway where a slide recently pushed a vehicle off the road.
    — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of road
Noun
  • But the town’s cohesion frayed in the late twentieth century as factories shuttered, leaving behind dangerous pollution, and the construction of an interstate highway demolished the historic downtown.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    — Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2025
Definition of highway
Noun
  • Dressed in colorful costumes, dozens of children, and plenty of adults, representing Krewe de Prank and other local Mardi Gras krewes marched in a Mardi Gras parade Sunday that snaked through the streets of the West Side neighborhood in Kansas City.
    — Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Studies from the Seoul Institute found the area around the stream is now 6.5 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than nearby streets.
    — Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of street
Noun
  • The demonstration included a sign posted over the freeway as well as individuals pacing with Nazi flags, according to video that aired on the station.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Thousands protest against Trump’s deportation plans in Los Angeles, Riverside, Garden Grove; freeway lanes blocked Nick’s third restaurant officially opens in Newport Beach Which industries are hiring in Southern California?
    — Brock Keeling, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2025
Definition of freeway
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  • As armored tanks drove down the main thoroughfare, scared and teary-eyed residents acknowledged being at a total loss.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Another ordinance gives squirrels the right of way on all public streets, sidewalks and thoroughfares in Olney, and implements a $750 fine for harassing one.
    — Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of thoroughfare
Noun
  • Trump has stated that his interest in purchasing—or even taking over—the Danish territory was driven by the frequent passage of Russian and Chinese merchant vessels and warships through Arctic routes close to Greenland.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Among the five top options is a yellow route that would largely circumvent the Del Mar Fairgrounds and city of Del Mar.
    — Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of route
Noun
  • Meanwhile, stablecoins’ near-instant settlement wipes out multi-day banking delays, transforming outdated payment rails into a financial expressway.
    — Roomy Khan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of expressway
Noun
  • Two Turkey fans stood in the middle of a three-lane carriageway.
    — James Horncastle, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
  • The project, first launched in 2019, broke ground in February 2023 to connect the A417 highway bypass to the Cowley roundabout, a section of road that is currently a single-lane carriageway that slows traffic, transportation officials said.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
Definition of carriageway

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