parkway
Americannoun
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parkways
plural
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a broad thoroughfare with a dividing strip or side strips planted with grass, trees, etc.
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Chiefly New York State and Western New England. a strip of grass, sometimes planted with trees or shrubs, between a sidewalk and curb.
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Commuters on the parkway the arch will overlook?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
I counted preexisting security cameras as I went: three on a large gray tower on the west side of the parkway.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025
The parkway garden on Brand Boulevard might be small, but to Forsyth, it’s a definite step in the right direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
Niamh Sprout wore a smattering of chunky silver rings, which complemented the long black nails she had dug into the parkway soil as Smart-McCabe did her plant demo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
Finally the trees stopped and the field opened up, and I could see the parkway on our right and the moat straight ahead of us.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
An agreeable companion on the page, Mr. McCarthy prefers scenic parkways to multilane highways and amusingly relies on a Rand McNally road atlas instead of phone-enabled navigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
While leading 100-plus Seattle urban walks over a five-year span, Hendrickson had routinely visited many of the parks, playgrounds, boulevards and parkways designed by or influenced by Olmsted that are featured on the route.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
These include lakeshores, battlefields, memorials, parkways, and monuments, and visiting enables you to experience America while also keeping your nose out of a stranger’s armpit.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2023
Following the Los Angeles Times investigation, the state has dedicated $67.3 million to clean neighborhood parkways and it has begun publishing reports that detail cleanup activities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
It is no accident that the first highways in America were called parkways.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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