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Recent Examples of motorway
Many southerners think the Watford Gap motorway service station — which is confusingly 60 miles north of Watford, a town just north west of London — is the true gateway to the frozen steppes beyond.
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Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
During my test driving, which remained legal for British roads but was generally spirited, the car still delivered 38mpg (32 miles per US gallon) across a mix of motorway, A-road and urban driving.
—James Morris, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
According to a statement from England’s motorway maintenance company National Highways, the coffin dates back more than 1,500 years to Britain’s Roman era.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
In 1979, the fast food giant opened its first restaurant in Strasbourg and then strategically spread to all the big cities and, later, to all shopping centers, railways, and motorway service stations to reach as many consumers as possible.
—Alex Ledsom, Fortune Europe, 1 Dec. 2024
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Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
During my test driving, which remained legal for British roads but was generally spirited, the car still delivered 38mpg (32 miles per US gallon) across a mix of motorway, A-road and urban driving.
—James Morris, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
According to a statement from England’s motorway maintenance company National Highways, the coffin dates back more than 1,500 years to Britain’s Roman era.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
In 1979, the fast food giant opened its first restaurant in Strasbourg and then strategically spread to all the big cities and, later, to all shopping centers, railways, and motorway service stations to reach as many consumers as possible.
—Alex Ledsom, Fortune Europe, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorway
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During my test driving, which comprised about 45 miles, in a variety of modes and at a variety of speeds including close to 100mph on a German autobahn, the car achieved close to 3 miles per kWh.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The other side: Richmond, Virginia, is a veritable autobahn by comparison, with drivers making the same distance trip in under 10 minutes on average.—
Shawna Chen,
Axios,
8 Jan. 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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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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He was arrested a short time later driving on a nearby interstate.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2025
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Most Popular Large contaminated CT industrial site visible from interstate wins $5.4M boost for redevelopment Could UConn women’s basketball repeat as NCAA champion?—
Abbey Mastracco,
Hartford Courant,
13 Apr. 2025
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This behavioral hijacking turns what should be a reproductive dead end into a superhighway for infection.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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From the quiet fields of rural India to the deserts of northern Mexico runs an international migration superhighway, funneling tens of thousands of Indians to the U.S. border each year.—
Matt Rivers,
ABC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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On the somewhat obscure 78 freeway north of San Diego the Navigator consistently dealt with surrounding traffic by maintaining safe distances with driver involvement.—
Karl Brauer,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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What To Know At about 1:30 a.m. Friday morning, Landeros' vehicle was seen traveling on the I-10 freeway near the city of Beaumont.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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The road that leads to the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit to Canada, is notoriously difficult to navigate, even for locals.—
Jasmine Garsd,
NPR,
24 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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There’s also a Huracán Polizia version The Italian Highway Patrol uses a Huracán with police badging and a lightbar on the autostradas in and around Bologna.—
Sean Evans,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2024
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Barreling down the autostrada, idling in front of our hotel, or stopping for gas, coffee, or red lights, the wagon drew constant admiration and approval.—
Tony Quiroga,
Car and Driver,
12 Aug. 2023
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But all display weak high-speed cruising ability on autoroutes.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Yet all four fail the autoroute range test, as do their predecessors.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes,
13 Oct. 2024
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“Motorway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorway. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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