greenway
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of greenway
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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River advocates and neighborhood councils have joined in, criticizing the cost and location of the $58.4-million bike lane and greenway project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
The greenway won’t take over any road space; doing so would have added layers of permitting and process that those involved feared would bog down the project.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
There will be a naming contest in April for the three eaglets, greenway officials said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023
After four mostly club-concentrated blocks, Broadway ends at a greenway beside the Cumberland River where Jack Springhill, a street musician, strummed the Doobie Brother’s “Black Water” on an acoustic guitar for tips.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
I jog across the Elbow on a stylish pedestrian bridge—curving steel railings, wooden benches, sleek gray cylinders with lights mounted within—and look down a street that runs parallel to this greenway.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2022
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