: the strip of land along a road : the side of a road
roadside
adjective
Examples of roadside in a Sentence
a hamburger stand on the roadside
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Alexander attributed the decline in fatalities from crashes and officers getting struck by vehicles during traffic stops to the growing attention to roadside safety.
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Close to 400 miles of Route 66 in Arizona are preserved, inspiring nostalgia tourists who come to see the historic downtowns and roadside attractions in cities along the route like Flagstaff and Williams.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026
If the roadside is your only option, pull off as far as possible, preferably past the end of a guard rail, and wait until the storm passes.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Social media has extended that quiet connection far beyond the roadside, allowing followers across the world to track the journey day by day through a live map of their path and on their social media platforms.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Close to 400 miles of Route 66 in Arizona are preserved, inspiring nostalgia tourists who come to see the historic downtowns and roadside attractions in cities along the route like Flagstaff and Williams.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026
If the roadside is your only option, pull off as far as possible, preferably past the end of a guard rail, and wait until the storm passes.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Social media has extended that quiet connection far beyond the roadside, allowing followers across the world to track the journey day by day through a live map of their path and on their social media platforms.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for roadside
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“Roadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadside. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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