1
: an expressway with fully controlled access
2
: a highway without toll fees
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Examples of freeway in a Sentence
a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time
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Both sides of the freeway were closed for about six hours because of the standoff.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
The tense morning standoff led police to shut down both sides of the freeway, snarling thousands of drivers in a massive traffic jam just ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.
—Josh Cain, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
The crash was reported about 2:30 p.m. on the southbound lanes of the freeway at the Watt Avenue overpass, near Del Paso Regional Park, according to the California Highway Patrol.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
The closures will affect the stretch of the freeway between Alcosta Boulevard in San Ramon and the connector with Interstate 580 in Pleasanton.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
The tense morning standoff led police to shut down both sides of the freeway, snarling thousands of drivers in a massive traffic jam just ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.
—Josh Cain, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
The crash was reported about 2:30 p.m. on the southbound lanes of the freeway at the Watt Avenue overpass, near Del Paso Regional Park, according to the California Highway Patrol.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
The closures will affect the stretch of the freeway between Alcosta Boulevard in San Ramon and the connector with Interstate 580 in Pleasanton.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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