parkway
noun
a broad thoroughfare with a dividing strip or side strips planted with grass, trees, etc.
parkways
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pluralof parkway.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
But builders have been ordered to chop down trees, tear out grass parkways, move streetlights and power poles, and even reduce sidewalk space — and for what?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
She hired EcoTech Services to install her drip irrigation system and remove 763 square feet of lawn from her front yard and parkways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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
