superhighway

noun

Definition of superhighwaynext
as in highway

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Recent Examples of superhighway India's plans include completing construction on the Golden Quadrilateral, a multibillion-dollar superhighway linking New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, and Mumbai. — Evan A. Feigenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2010 Solana is actively scaling its mainnet infrastructure, creating a superhighway for future growth without fragmenting liquidity across L2s. — Amor Sexton, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 But after Idalia and two other storms in a little over a year, the area is beginning to feel like a hurricane superhighway. — David Meyer, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2024 But after three storms in a little over a year, the area is beginning to feel like a hurricane superhighway. — Stephen Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for superhighway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superhighway
  1. highway
  2. interstate
  3. motorway
  4. autobahn
  5. causeway
  6. road
  7. parkway
  8. thoroughfare
Noun
  • Several local roads and highways, including the Sunrise Highway, were closed as firefighters battled the blazes.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Up the narrow state highways, the landscape shifts to farmland, with grazing cattle and tall stalks of green.
    — Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of highway
Noun
  • Join 23 others in the comments View Comments Overnight, hundreds of vehicles were stranded on the interstate for hours in snowy conditions between Omaha, Nebraska, and Des Moines, Iowa State Patrol Trooper Rodney Larson told CNN.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But the most exciting new plan for Downtown Orlando promises a bold re-imagining of the eyesore that is I-4, the interstate bisecting the city.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of interstate
Noun
  • The interview started with a second apology from the man who was late due to a crash on the motorway.
    — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Tucked away in a dusty Pakistani town off the main motorway leading to the Afghan border, Darul Uloom Haqqania university was the launch pad for the Taliban movement in the 1990s.
    — Reuters, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of motorway
Noun
  • 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
  • The top speed of 218 mph went untested, but if the speedometer on one example taped on the autobahn is to believed, the LaFerrari can actually punch its way all the way to 231 mph.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of autobahn
Noun
  • Along the causeway that borders both a freshwater pond and a tidal marsh and on the park’s branching nature trails, guests can spot more than 300 winged species—and perhaps glimpse alligators or sea turtles too.
    — Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The Johor-Singapore causeway is considered the world’s busiest land border with over 300,000 people passing through the immigration checkpoint daily.
    — Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of causeway
Noun
  • Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Currently, the road is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to protect seal pups and minimize human disturbance, as this is when National Park Service staff is present to monitor the area.
    — Emese Maczko, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of road
Noun
  • The Natural Resources Committee has pledged to use the fundraiser money toward bolstering the city’s parkway tree canopy.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • This year, though, most of the parkway is shut down indefinitely.
    — Katie Peralta Soloff, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of parkway
Noun
  • The ambient pop number was inspired by the couple’s first date on Los Angeles’ famed thoroughfare Sunset Blvd.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
  • That means a return to Sacramento’s freeways, thoroughfares and surface streets that funnel them there.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of thoroughfare

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