On the Road
noun
a novel (1957) by Jack Kerouac.
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Traveling, as in Our salesmen are on the road five days a week . [Mid-1600s]
On the Road
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Traveling, as in Our salesmen are on the road five days a week . [Mid-1600s]
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on the road to . On the way to, following a course that will end in. For example, We could see Mary was on the road to recovery , or The business obviously was on the road to ruin . [Mid-1600s]
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When J.H., a junior at an Orange County public high school, went to the school library to check out On the Road by Jack Kerouac, it was nowhere to be found.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025
Irsay's most prized item is the original typewritten scroll for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," which he bought in 2001 for $2.43 million.
From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2022
The Democrat made the comments in a Vogue magazine profile titled, “A First Lady for All of Us: On the Road with Dr. Jill Biden.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
And thus the writer’s euphoric westward peregrinations, by motor car, kindled a new spirit of domestic US travel: On the Road rather than On the Railroad.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2020
Love always, Charlie February 2, 1992 Dear friend, On the Road was a very good book.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
“That said, I always come home from being on the road with a few well-chosen records and a few well-chosen books that I will read one of these days.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
“The citation is geared towards improving motorist behavior, improving the sort of conditions on the road rather than increasing the sort of revenue for the city,” Thomas said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
They end the season on the road, facing a pair of division rivals in the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks from Sept. 21-26.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
So what can independent festivals do to help keep the show on the road?
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
What if he’d been wrong about being abandoned on the road?
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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