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parkway

[pahrk-wey] / ˈpɑrkˌweɪ /


NOUN
expressway
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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

At the parkway in late September, Smart-McCabe plunged her shovel into the dirt a third time.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 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

While Craig’s team did most of the work creating the front yard, Kolding and Estrada took on the job of removing the weeds and Bermuda grass in the parkway in front of their home.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2025

Finally the trees stopped and the field opened up, and I could see the parkway on our right and the moat straight ahead of us.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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

City Plants plants street trees in parkways at the request of residents or neighborhoods, but due to high demand, has temporarily paused that part of its program until it can complete earlier requests.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2024

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

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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