parkway
Americannoun
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parkways
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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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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 strips on the corner were filled with yellow marigolds that were planted to honor loss and welcome recovery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
They gather there every last Sunday of the month for Club Gay Gardens, a garden club catering to queer Angelenos, to maintain the parkway strip, learn about native gardening and connect with other plant lovers.
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
The late-afternoon sun dances off the tops of the maple trees that are planted all along the parkway.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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
City Plants plants street trees in parkways at the request of residents or neighborhoods, but due to high demand, has temporarily paused that part of its program until it can complete earlier requests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
Los Angeles County does not provide free yard trees but does accept requests from county residents to plant street trees in the parkways in front of their homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
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
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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