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parkways

  • plural
    of parkway.
    parkway
    noun
    a broad thoroughfare with a dividing strip or side strips planted with grass, trees, etc.

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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

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

That campaign involves planting trees in parkways and along streets.

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