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
Three hundred years before Miller and the Beat writers he inspired, the Japanese haiku poet and dharma bum Bashō was possessed by a very On the Road kind of inspiration.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 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
In this conference, you don’t take winning on the road for granted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The couple's son Brandon, 17, said it was "amazing" to see his mum on the road to recovery after the transplant.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Although younger acts bounced back the following year, veterans were still a formidable presence on the road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Most of the vehicles currently on the road, even those generating revenue, are still basically prototypes, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
There hadn’t been anyone on the bridge when they passed underneath, but by the time they stumbled into sight, a sheriff’s car was on the road and people had gathered to watch the flood.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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