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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

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

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

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

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

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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