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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

In their parkway, too, Novack and Aggrey have sprinkled seeds from about two dozen native wildflowers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025

“I think there’s a fence right there,” she said, pointing to a wooden patch we’d hit just after crossing the parkway.

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

Los Angeles County does not provide free yard trees but does accept requests from county residents to plant street trees in the parkways in front of their homes.

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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