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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

“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

“It’s pretty brutal, like, the parkway strip is a pretty hostile environment.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2025

The late-afternoon sun dances off the tops of the maple trees that are planted all along the parkway.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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

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

The city plants an average of 400 street trees a year in its parkways, according to the website.

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

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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