toll road
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of toll road
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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You know when you go on Google Maps and it shows you all the different paths — the fastest, one path with the toll road and one path that’s going to take seven minutes longer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
“If they can act as a toll road for providers of AI, then they’ll probably end up looking good long-term for not having the big capex overhang,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
That’s the toll road everyone has to drive on.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 28, 2025
In the 1950s, when I-70 was being built, federal rules forbade using government money to connect a free road directly to a toll road.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2025
Within two years, however, Hall did an about-face and came to see the logic of treating the Icefall as a toll road.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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