parkway
Americannoun
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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
At the parkway in late September, Smart-McCabe plunged her shovel into the dirt a third time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
In exchange, the city’s parkway program provided free native plants suitable for Long Beach to replant the area and mulch to help retain rainwater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
Many municipalities and utilities around L.A. offer free trees for residents to plant in their yards or they will add trees to parkways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 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
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
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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