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
Called “beaten biscuits,” they got their leavening and smooth texture from being vigorously beaten and folded, according to John Egerton in “Southern Food: At Home, On the Road, In History.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2019
Annie read from a copy of On the Road she’d checked out of the library.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
“My dreams and my aspirations are what no one in my family has ever even thought was on the road map,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
But he said there was "a real sense of collectively wanting to catch up" and avoid anyone being left behind on the road to net zero.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
He would go on the road with Adam Sandler and other “Saturday Night Live” friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Around two dozen states, mostly in the southern half of the U.S., now allow autonomous trucks on the road without a human operator under certain conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Rashawn walked back to the previous breach, checking for anything on the road that might trip her.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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