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interstate

[in-ter-stayt, in-ter-stayt] / ˌɪn tərˈsteɪt, ˈɪn tərˌsteɪt /


NOUN
expressway
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NOUN
toll road
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The FDA, which held the power over interstate commerce of laetrile, was not going to budge.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

State transportation officials say two video billboard structures operated by WOW Media in partnership with the city of Inglewood are illegally located next to an interstate highway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Driverless trucks are on the interstate in Texas and can do almost everything a human truck driver does, except honk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

He deferred federal taxes on the fuel and authorised supplies designated for farm use to be used in interstate trucking.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Those ugly green signs marking exits off the interstate?

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

It’s a breeze to get around, too, with access to major interstates, airports, passenger rail service, as well as water taxis and a bustling cruise ship boarding seaport.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025

Record-breaking flooding washed out roads, including long stretches of interstates, while knocking out electricity for days.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2024

Americans had fins on their cars, gas in the tanks, and money in their pockets, and were raring to hit those new interstates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

Or consider the fragmentary effects of America’s interstates, which throttle ecosystems and human communities alike.

From Slate ● May 25, 2024

Soon, after she realized I was the same age as her daughter, she started calling me “Boo,” and insisted I buy a cell phone because she worried about me driving the interstates alone.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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