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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

“And so something like a little parkway garden that takes a lot of extra care is really sweet, because you’re kind of rooting for it to thrive despite all the odds.”

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

They gather there every last Sunday of the month for Club Gay Gardens, a garden club catering to queer Angelenos, to maintain the parkway strip, learn about native gardening and connect with other plant lovers.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 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

In practice, because development happens sporadically, the parcel-by-parcel widenings end up taking out mature trees, parkways and sidewalk space while providing little to no congestion relief.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2024

But builders have been ordered to chop down trees, tear out grass parkways, move streetlights and power poles, and even reduce sidewalk space — and for what?

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 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

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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