superhighway

noun

Definition of superhighwaynext
as in highway

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Recent Examples of superhighway First is an eight-lane superhighway, designed exclusively for massive traffic. — Judy Stecker, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026 Whether from land or sea, visitors can witness what is essentially a whale-migration superhighway. — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026 But it was actually set in motion a year ago, when the Midcontinent Independent System Operator – the power grid operator for the central United States – approved a suite of projects to build a transmission superhighway across the upper Midwest. — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025 The vision of the new company is to use the superhighway to bring different rules or different data sources to help the user in their document creation or communication. — Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025 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
  • Jerusalem — The giant billboard on Tel Aviv’s main highway placed Turkey squarely at the center of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election campaign.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • According to highway safety experts, many injuries in such crashes involve passengers being ejected from cars through moonroofs.
    — Marco Della Cava, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of highway
Noun
  • The interstate makes the mountain community easy to get to from Denver and Denver International Airport, which are around three hours away by car.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Night owls and early birds can expect another round of lane closures on Interstate 70 near Floyd Hill this week as crews work on building a bridge over the interstate, Colorado Department of Transportation officials said.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of interstate
Noun
  • At the periphery, the big cities with their golden nightlights bound together by long threads of motorway.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Cold weather, motorway speeds and the usual mix of driving conditions will all take their toll.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of motorway
Noun
  • The new Stars arena will be located off the Dallas autobahn, more commonly called the Dallas North Tollway, which over the last decade has become one of the busiest main roads in DFW.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
  • Southbound on the autobahn, just shy of the halfway point to Munich, a 45‑minute detour east leads to Weltenburger Klosterbrauerei, brewing since 1050.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Definition of autobahn
Noun
  • The island connects to the mainland by a causeway that gets covered by water at high tide, so it is cut off for part of each day.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Amador Stretching south from Casco Viejo towards the entrance to the Panama Canal, Amador is a causeway connecting what were once three islands to the rest of the city.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of causeway
Noun
  • Authorities on Wednesday pre-emptively announced that roads leading to the port would be closed to non-emergency vehicles for seven days, according to state media.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Under the new collective bargaining agreement, each NHL team must sign a permanent emergency backup who will be at every home game and travel with the team to all road games (like a bullpen catcher in Major League Baseball).
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of road
Noun
  • The parkway passes through Alleghany County near the Virginia state line.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Crews will return to Lisle in the spring and fall to determine which parkway trees need to be replaced, and will do so for residents who lost trees in the storms, Elias said.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of parkway
Noun
  • Not bad for a story which begins with a waiter crossing a busy Los Angeles thoroughfare, and placing some Japanese-Peruvian fusion fare in a lift.
    — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
  • According to the county, road improvements are coming for some of the thoroughfares near Boca Lago.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of thoroughfare

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