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Recent Examples of byway
Fascinating as this cultural artifact is, there’s even more to AI time travel—byway of YouTube.
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Michael Ashley, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Writer-director Levan Akin brings us into the byways of the marginalized without a trace of exploitation.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
Today, the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is largely invisible, meandering along hedges and rural byways and sometimes cutting through farms.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2016
The byways, as two new plays by Matthew Barbot and Kallan Dana are currently demonstrating, are thick with ghosts.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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Michael Ashley, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Writer-director Levan Akin brings us into the byways of the marginalized without a trace of exploitation.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
Today, the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is largely invisible, meandering along hedges and rural byways and sometimes cutting through farms.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2016
The byways, as two new plays by Matthew Barbot and Kallan Dana are currently demonstrating, are thick with ghosts.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for byway
Noun
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Several local roads and highways, including the Sunrise Highway, were closed as firefighters battled the blazes.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Up the narrow state highways, the landscape shifts to farmland, with grazing cattle and tall stalks of green.—
Mariah Tyler,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Freshman forward Williams drove the lane for a lay-up and the go-ahead points.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2025
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On the road - Drive in the middle lanes and stay on high ground.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Mar. 2025
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Looking ahead to the 2026 midterm elections and 2028 presidential race, a prominent candidate with national ambitions would face a very tricky road running for new positions in back-to-back election cycles.—
Joshua Spivak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As armored tanks drove down the main thoroughfare, scared and teary-eyed residents acknowledged being at a total loss.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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Another ordinance gives squirrels the right of way on all public streets, sidewalks and thoroughfares in Olney, and implements a $750 fine for harassing one.—
Michelle Mastro,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Trump has stated that his interest in purchasing—or even taking over—the Danish territory was driven by the frequent passage of Russian and Chinese merchant vessels and warships through Arctic routes close to Greenland.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Resilience is taking a much longer, more circuitous route to the moon; the Japanese lander isn't expected to reach lunar orbit until late May or early June.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Instead of adding controls that employees bypass, design security that works with human nature—make secure paths feel faster than workarounds and use AI to suggest natural access levels.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Karim, returned home after years away, marries Fauzia; the two take in Badar, young like them but on a different socioeconomic path.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Dressed in colorful costumes, dozens of children, and plenty of adults, representing Krewe de Prank and other local Mardi Gras krewes marched in a Mardi Gras parade Sunday that snaked through the streets of the West Side neighborhood in Kansas City.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2025
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Studies from the Seoul Institute found the area around the stream is now 6.5 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than nearby streets.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Only emergency vehicles may navigate the roadway, the California Department of Transportation said.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Byway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/byway. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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