as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
the turnpike was jammed with people heading south for the long weekend
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Recent Examples of turnpike
Cranbury, New Jersey — Just steps off a busy road, tucked at the end of a gravel driveway within eyeshot of the New Jersey turnpike, a small herd of cows and goats grazes freely in a grassy, open field.
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Meena Duerson, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
When did scam turnpike texts in Ohio start? Ohio Turnpike toll payment scam texts started to appear more frequently on cell phones in April 2024.
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
It’s all set against a classic American backdrop of diner counters and truck stops, East Coast turnpike exits and snow-tipped Montana mountains.
—Rachel Brodsky, Time, 20 June 2025
Directly south of Tierra Vista, Hanover is planning Preservation Place, a 561-lot subdivision to be built over three phases right along the turnpike.
—James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2025
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Meena Duerson, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
When did scam turnpike texts in Ohio start? Ohio Turnpike toll payment scam texts started to appear more frequently on cell phones in April 2024.
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
It’s all set against a classic American backdrop of diner counters and truck stops, East Coast turnpike exits and snow-tipped Montana mountains.
—Rachel Brodsky, Time, 20 June 2025
Directly south of Tierra Vista, Hanover is planning Preservation Place, a 561-lot subdivision to be built over three phases right along the turnpike.
—James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnpike
Noun
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Intelligent highway, city, and parking capabilities At the core of this technology is High-speed Navigation Cruise Assist, which allows the SUV to easily handle national highways, urban expressways, and ring roads.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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According to the Dallas Morning News, Rice lost control while racing on a Dallas highway, causing a multi-vehicle hit-and-run.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 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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Nobody needed to learn to merge onto the actual freeway when these fast and wide sections of La Brea and La Cienega were freeway enough.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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In drone footage shared by San Francisco outlet KTVU, all lanes across Interstate 80 are blocked with traffic, with the chaos of the event spilling onto the freeway.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
16 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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Intelligent highway, city, and parking capabilities At the core of this technology is High-speed Navigation Cruise Assist, which allows the SUV to easily handle national highways, urban expressways, and ring roads.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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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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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
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The plan for the roadway that stretches across the Hagginwood and Del Paso Heights neighborhoods of North Sacramento will later go before the City Council for approval.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Turnpike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnpike. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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