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parkway

[pahrk-way] / ˈpɑrkˌweɪ /


NOUN
expressway
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Commuters on the parkway the arch will overlook?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

I counted preexisting security cameras as I went: three on a large gray tower on the west side of the parkway.

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025

The parkway garden on Brand Boulevard might be small, but to Forsyth, it’s a definite step in the right direction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025

Stilley can identify most plant species in the parkway garden at a glance, but she still comes every week that she can, excited to glean fresh wisdom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025

Secret mailing spots were picked out all around the neighborhood, such as a certain clump of weeds in an untended parkway or the crotch of a particular plum tree.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

An agreeable companion on the page, Mr. McCarthy prefers scenic parkways to multilane highways and amusingly relies on a Rand McNally road atlas instead of phone-enabled navigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

While leading 100-plus Seattle urban walks over a five-year span, Hendrickson had routinely visited many of the parks, playgrounds, boulevards and parkways designed by or influenced by Olmsted that are featured on the route.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

These include lakeshores, battlefields, memorials, parkways, and monuments, and visiting enables you to experience America while also keeping your nose out of a stranger’s armpit.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2023

Following the Los Angeles Times investigation, the state has dedicated $67.3 million to clean neighborhood parkways and it has begun publishing reports that detail cleanup activities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2023

It is no accident that the first highways in America were called parkways.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson


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