1
: an expressway with fully controlled access
2
: a highway without toll fees
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a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time
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Brown sets the tone early on when Darden has an exchange with one of his Black neighbors during Simpson’s famous freeway trek in the white Ford Bronco.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The pup got off the freeway, and Godbehere — who’s a Yorkie owner herself — followed her using the cameras, officials said.
—Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2025
Just allowing Caltrans to manage rail projects, rather than building freeways, was an obvious mistake.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Preliminary estimates found that filling in the interstate trench would cost $2.4 billion to $3.2 billion, compared to $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion to reconfigure the freeway within its existing footprint.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The pup got off the freeway, and Godbehere — who’s a Yorkie owner herself — followed her using the cameras, officials said.
—Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2025
Just allowing Caltrans to manage rail projects, rather than building freeways, was an obvious mistake.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Preliminary estimates found that filling in the interstate trench would cost $2.4 billion to $3.2 billion, compared to $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion to reconfigure the freeway within its existing footprint.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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