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Recent Examples of byway
These long walks, on byways and moderate terrain, are more like scenic tours of spectacular landscapes, or adventurous journeys through cities and forests.
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Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
Some of their reasoning included available attractions such as zoos, botanical gardens, amusement parks and scenic byways.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 26 June 2024
Today, the Texas Highway Department sows 30,000 pounds of wildflower seeds every year along the state’s highways and byways.
—Cynthia Drake, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025
Everything that can go wrong does, taking audiences on a bleak and unsavory ride through the petty and fatal byways of modern fame.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
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Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
Some of their reasoning included available attractions such as zoos, botanical gardens, amusement parks and scenic byways.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 26 June 2024
Today, the Texas Highway Department sows 30,000 pounds of wildflower seeds every year along the state’s highways and byways.
—Cynthia Drake, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025
Everything that can go wrong does, taking audiences on a bleak and unsavory ride through the petty and fatal byways of modern fame.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for byway
Noun
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Fewer vehicles on our roads also lessen the need for costly and harmful highway expansions, which consistently fail to reduce traffic.—
Jill Locantore,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2025
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Here's what traffic is looking like today on Kansas 10 highway between Kansas City and Lawrence.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
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One lane is closed from 119th Street to 135th Street on southbound US-69.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2025
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There was the controversial addition of self-checkout lanes.—
Nate Rogers,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The museum tracing the company’s history is just across the road from the coffee shop where Bastiaan Riemersma is sitting.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Illinois Department of Transportation owns the road and any changes would require its approval.—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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The northernmost stretches of the road, and other thoroughfares stitching together Fort Worth’s northern outskirts, have had to cope with intense population booms in recent years.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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The investigation has streets blocked around the intersection of two main thoroughfares, Northwest 183rd Street and Northwest Seventh Avenue.—
David J. Neal,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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American military veteran hijacks plane in Belize, officials say The airplane, which had only 14 passengers on board, had been due to fly the short route from Corozal near the Mexican border to San Pedro, a popular tourist destination off the coast.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Amanda McPherson, 38, and Johnathon McPherson, 27, were caught when detectives discovered seemingly unrelated cases of fraud shared the same postal routes, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 17 news release.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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The advancements in hair restoration and the increasing acceptance of cosmetic procedures for all offer a path for men to take control of their appearance and well-being, with none of the shame of yesterday.—
Rhiannon Frater,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Under the White House’s latest protectionist measures, the European Union has been slapped with tariffs of 20%, although these are currently reduced to 10% until July 9 to pave the path for additional trade negotiations.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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Others left in their cars, dodging bodies that lay in the streets.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Safer streets, stronger neighborhoods, and city services that actually serve.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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The nearly 12-mile stretch of I-4 in Orange and Osceola counties between State Road 528 and State Road 429 jumped to first place among the most clogged roadways in the nation in 2023 after ranking tenth the previous year, according to INRIX.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2025
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The highway between the cities and parks is your average roadway, with gas stations, restaurants, and the like.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Byway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/byway. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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