byway

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Recent Examples of byway The byways, as two new plays by Matthew Barbot and Kallan Dana are currently demonstrating, are thick with ghosts. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024 Transportation planners can improve roadway safety and increase habitat connectivity for wildlife by creating special critter byways—for mammals, birds, insects and other creatures—to pass over, under and across roads away from vehicles. Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 As such, these byways are typically only open from late May through October, depending on the weather. Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2023 Surrounded by the Ocala National Forest, the byway highlights the importance of preserving nature and the value of public lands. Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for byway 
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Noun
  • Zoom in: According to an Urban Institute analysis, that criteria could likely metro Atlanta suburbs and exurbs — areas which would likely favor highway and major roadway widening or construction.
    Kristal Dixon, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
  • In fact, the amount of federal investment in highways during every year of the Biden administration was lower than in any year from 2003 through 2020.
    Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Check out the others here: Nashville's next move: Dickerson Pike illustrates how city's transit push could work As Nashville votes on a transit tax, will choice lanes help ease interstate traffic? Nashville’s transit vote would raise the sales tax.
    Duane W. Gang, The Tennessean, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The Sixth Man of the Year favorite scored 14 points in the frame on 5-of-7 shooting — three 3-pointers, a jumper in the lane and a heads-up layup after salvaging what initially appeared to be a Jaylen Brown turnover.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Second line parades and gatherings at the historic St. Augustine Church occur on weekends, musicians may gather in Congo Square on a Tuesday, or a high-school band may practice in the road.
    Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Winchester Avenue closed The road is closed from Raytown Road to I-435 South in Kansas City.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Listen to this article Five months after Seattle completed its three-year construction project for a new bus rapid transit line along a main thoroughfare, neighbors are beginning to take stock.
    Elliott Wenzler, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Crossing seven modern-day prefectures and the snowy crags of the Japanese Alps, this thoroughfare, the Nakasendō, connected the imperial capital of Kyoto with the cultural capital of Edo (now Tokyo).
    Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer, CBS News and WJLA reported that two people were shot at the victory parade, near the parade route in the city's Spring Garden neighborhood.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Jacksonville: Monday's through Thursday's routes will run one day late.
    Joy Jackson, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Being direct and giving context may be the best path for interactions with rideshare drivers, servers and the like.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Chase Briscoe has forged an impressive path in NASCAR.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Several loads of fresh fish have been offered for sale on main street this week.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The pilot and co-pilot were killed, the São Paulo state military police told Newsweek, and two people on the street where the aircraft crashed were injured.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Floodwaters surged through the roadways in several cities throughout Simpson County, Kentucky.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Portions of Pacific Coast Highway and other roadways were closed because of mudslides and flooding.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Byway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/byway. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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