as in roadways
a path for walking
a concrete walkway A covered walkway connects the two buildings.
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Recent Examples of walkways
Venetian authorities took pains to keep their city walkable, widening streets when necessary and keeping walkways, including canal banks, free of obstacles.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Dec. 2024
Mass them along walkways and outside windows where their color will brighten the winter landscape.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
Groom landscapes by edging beds and walkways.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
Wider walkways – Course walkways are being expanded to twice their size in order to mitigate logjams, especially near the 16th hole and behind the 18th.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
More than an inch of rain over several days soaked the grounds making muddy hills slippery and dangerous, forcing most spectators onto the narrow walkways and creating huge, impassable (and in some places, scary) bottlenecks.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Ficus tree roots can lift and split concrete walkways, potentially impeding pedestrian movement.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Plant them in winter containers or mass along walkways and borders.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
The Energy Department announced almost $18 million for projects that bolster recycling programs, launch residential energy efficiency rebate programs and expand bike lanes and pedestrian walkways, among other projects.
—Paulina Smolinski, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Dec. 2024
Mass them along walkways and outside windows where their color will brighten the winter landscape.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
Groom landscapes by edging beds and walkways.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
Wider walkways – Course walkways are being expanded to twice their size in order to mitigate logjams, especially near the 16th hole and behind the 18th.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
More than an inch of rain over several days soaked the grounds making muddy hills slippery and dangerous, forcing most spectators onto the narrow walkways and creating huge, impassable (and in some places, scary) bottlenecks.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Ficus tree roots can lift and split concrete walkways, potentially impeding pedestrian movement.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Plant them in winter containers or mass along walkways and borders.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
The Energy Department announced almost $18 million for projects that bolster recycling programs, launch residential energy efficiency rebate programs and expand bike lanes and pedestrian walkways, among other projects.
—Paulina Smolinski, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walkways
Noun
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Nearly 41% of fatalities on Michigan roadways in 2023 involved alcohol and/or drugs.—
Natalie Davies,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024
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During the advisory, slippery travel conditions are possible, especially on untreated roadways.—
Claire Reid,
Journal Sentinel,
23 Dec. 2024
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Over time, new buildings kept attaching to others like barnacles, so façades had second careers as interior walls, windows turned into hallways, and passageways became bathrooms.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
10 Dec. 2024
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While exploring the cool caverns and passageways below the surface of the Earth, guests learn about the geology, history, and wildlife of the caves (the latter includes the rare ghost shrimp).—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The Capitol Police have stepped up security for the event, closing roads and increasing patrols around the Capitol grounds.—
Kate Selig,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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Crews are working to clear snow and ice from roads after blizzard conditions Sunday brought 8-12 inches of snow in various parts of the metro, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In Overland Park, crews are in the process of spreading salt on residential streets as of Friday afternoon, and will move to salting main thoroughfares on Saturday before the rain starts.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
3 Jan. 2025
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Officials do not block Canal, one of the city's most-trafficked thoroughfares.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
3 Jan. 2025
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The growth in automobile sales, airline and bus travel, subsidized highways, civil unrest in ’67 and ’68, and white flight to the suburbs all took a toll on national and local rail demand.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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Each winter, ice highways emerge, making remote villages accessible.—
Marc Telio,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Walkways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walkways. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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