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Recent Examples of byway
During two leaf-peeping weekends last year, Fulton said, the number of cars on the 22-mile byway, between Georgetown, off of Interstate 70, and Grant in Park County, hit 10,000 both days.
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 30 July 2025
Chances are your mind went straight to an old-fashioned station wagon or minivan traversing country roads and scenic byways.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
The fraud that ensnared Middlesex Truck and Coach as a tangential victim covered thousands of miles via electronic byways.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
As much as possible, Wallace stuck to scenic byways, trying to make the route as enjoyable as possible for future hikers and riders.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2025
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 30 July 2025
Chances are your mind went straight to an old-fashioned station wagon or minivan traversing country roads and scenic byways.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
The fraud that ensnared Middlesex Truck and Coach as a tangential victim covered thousands of miles via electronic byways.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
As much as possible, Wallace stuck to scenic byways, trying to make the route as enjoyable as possible for future hikers and riders.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for byway
Noun
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The same goes for the highway—in fact, potential customers would be hard-pressed to find better in this department for the price offered.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Along a dirt road off the narrow highway that hugs the northern shore the taro leaves extend like waving hands from the quilt of rectangular pools so shallow that the birds in them stand with their leg joints exposed.—
Matt Negrin,
Rolling Stone,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There have been close to 50 deaths in the past decade on the A9, Scotland’s longest road, which has gained notoriety for its regular changes from single to multiple-lane highway.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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In its 60th year, this will be the first Flood Run since lane splitting and filtering became legal, according to a release from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and the Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Center.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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The project aims to remove more than 1 million heavy goods vehicles from roads in the western Alps between France and Italy.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Most of them are going to come down to track position, pit strategy, executing on pit road.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Residents have told the Riverworks Development Corporation that many trucks use neighborhood roads instead of sticking to West Vienna Avenue and North Third Street, which are the two thoroughfares bordering the warehouse.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Since its opening in mid-June, the experimental project has driven a 25 percent increase in total sales across the West Nanjing Road thoroughfare.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cocaine production in Colombia has soared as the government takes a hands-off approach to coca cultivation, fueling a wave of violence across Latin America as cartels vie for control of trafficking routes.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The easy route takes visitors along a disused rail line for a gentle jaunt in one of the Pacific Northwest's loveliest regions.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Since that meeting, during which allies expressed optimism of a path forward on security guarantees, no progress has materialized.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The advance gives sodium batteries a clearer path to compete with lithium.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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The new focus on the canals was rehabilitation by master plan, with every planter positioned, every café table in conformity with rules of access, every bypath checked for liability, every inspiration — however lovely — thrashed out by committee.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
10 Aug. 2020
Noun
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Mounted officers and sniffer dogs patrolled the streets near Windsor and Eton Central railway station, monitoring arrivals and maintaining security around the historic town.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Footage of the protests showed Ecuadorians clashing with police forces in the capital city of Quito on Tuesday as protesters dismantled fences and barriers while police fired tear gas in the streets.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Byway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/byway. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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