1
: an expressway with fully controlled access
2
: a highway without toll fees
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Examples of freeway in a Sentence
a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time
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Motorists who miss the Vermont ramp will be directed to take 9th street and redirected through Bryant Street, re-entering the freeway at the 5th Street on-ramp.
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Tim Fang, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Wide-ranging closures of freeway lanes and ramps are scheduled to resume in the Bay Area to install fiber optics as part of a major California broadband initiative, according to a state government agency.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
Evacuation warnings were issued in other areas both north and south of the freeway.
—City News Service, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
In fact, generally, a vehicle can’t stop along a freeway, or a ramp, except for an emergency.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
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Tim Fang, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Wide-ranging closures of freeway lanes and ramps are scheduled to resume in the Bay Area to install fiber optics as part of a major California broadband initiative, according to a state government agency.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
Evacuation warnings were issued in other areas both north and south of the freeway.
—City News Service, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
In fact, generally, a vehicle can’t stop along a freeway, or a ramp, except for an emergency.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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