parkway

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Recent Examples of parkway Still, even some officials off-put by the tone of the message have urged MnDOT to continue to keep at-grade boulevard or parkway options, at least for a point of comparison to other concepts. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2025 The men proceeded to drive Rodriguez to the intersection of the Cross Island and Southern State parkways. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 Her skeletal remains were then discovered near the junction of two parkways in Queens on August 25, 1991, but her identity remained a mystery—until now. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 The '80s are out: West Des Moines' older office buildings between 22nd and 50th streets were once regional draws, but attention has shifted as businesses seek out newer developments near Jordan Creek and Grand Prairie parkways. Linh Ta, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for parkway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parkway
Noun
  • The arrest warrant reportedly states that a Florida Department of Transportation worker looked at traffic footage from the area that day and saw video of a man punching a woman and pulling her toward the interstate, per CBS News.
    Laura Barcella, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But the most exciting new plan for Downtown Orlando promises a bold re-imagining of the eyesore that is I-4, the interstate bisecting the city.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As were those with a history of significant heart problems (heart attack, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, coronary angioplasty or ‘stents’) and/or a family history of premature (before age 40) death from cardiac causes.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2025
  • That does exactly what is says on the tin, and hunts for key login data and bypasses.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Lawmakers from outside the beltway have lobbied for more flights to different parts of the country due to the airport’s convenience over the other two airports.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Trucks carrying hazardous materials that used the bridge to cross the harbor are now forced to go around the beltway in the opposite direction (a 35-mile detour) due to cargo restrictions through Baltimore City traffic tunnels.
    April Quevedo, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • But Pike — like many others here — knows that the thousands of dogs roaming freely between the desert landscape and people's homes serve as a superhighway for ticks.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Think of it as a superhighway connecting two bustling cities, allowing seamless and efficient communication.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Up the narrow state highways, the landscape shifts to farmland, with grazing cattle and tall stalks of green.
    Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Several local roads and highways, including the Sunrise Highway, were closed as firefighters battled the blazes.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Many southerners think the Watford Gap motorway service station — which is confusingly 60 miles north of Watford, a town just north west of London — is the true gateway to the frozen steppes beyond.
    Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • According to a statement from England’s motorway maintenance company National Highways, the coffin dates back more than 1,500 years to Britain’s Roman era.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The other side: Richmond, Virginia, is a veritable autobahn by comparison, with drivers making the same distance trip in under 10 minutes on average.
    Shawna Chen, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The top speed of 218 mph went untested, but if the speedometer on one example taped on the autobahn is to believed, the LaFerrari can actually punch its way all the way to 231 mph.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Excepting a limited few number of supercars, there’s very little that can hope to keep up with this vehicle in a boulevard sprint.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Minneapolis may soon require gardeners to get a permit for their planter boxes in the boulevard strip between the sidewalk and street.
    Kyle Stokes, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Parkway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parkway. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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