runway

noun

Definition of runwaynext
1
as in airstrip

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2
as in street

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Recent Examples of runway Now, breast cancer patients and advocates will be on the runway wearing her designs. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The September investment gives the expansion a larger runway. — Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 The plane ultimately crashed three miles short of the runway in Charlotte, killing 72 people in what remains the worst aviation disaster in the city’s history. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026 Some of luxury’s biggest players will stage five or six runway shows a year, plus near-monthly campaigns for categories, from bags to eyewear. — Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for runway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runway
  1. airstrip
  2. street
  3. landing field
  4. road
  5. landing strip
  6. roadway
  7. lane
  8. thoroughfare
Noun
  • The school called neighbors, who entered their two-story home by TavernAero Airport, a private airstrip in a neighborhood where residents park planes and boats by their homes, and made the grisly discovery.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Reaching it from the nearest road would have required a roughly 30-mile hike, so the couple flew into an airstrip used by rafters traveling the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.
    — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of airstrip
Noun
  • In the city of Hurricane in far southwestern Utah, a shipping container drifting down a street gave way Friday to a mess of mud and debris to be cleaned up as people who had evacuated earlier in the week returned home.
    — MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • There are few occasions that garner such good-willed camaraderie in New York City as the annual marathon, though the Knicks historic win this summer brought people out into the streets in rivaling numbers.
    — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of street
Noun
  • The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
  • But thanks to Andrew Cuomo’s time as governor, the once awful Third World landing field in Queens now matches Fiorello the man in superlatives.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of landing field
Noun
  • The rear tire plays a different role from its conventional use on roads.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The trip to Seattle began a stretch of six road games in eight weeks.
    — Sam McDowell October 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of road
Noun
  • About 10 flies used the back kitchen area oven as a landing strip.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Constructing Alligator Alcatraz Located on a remote landing strip surrounded by Big Cypress National Preserve, about 6 miles north of Everglades National Park, Alligator Alcatraz sparked controversy from the beginning.
    — The Conversation, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of landing strip
Noun
  • The Silverado then veered off the roadway, traveled up an embankment and overturned, coming to rest on its roof in the third lane.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Once-barren lots have been excavated to lay foundations for apartments, roadways and restaurants.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of roadway
Noun
  • Trailing a play in transition during the third quarter, Kessler saw Doncic methodically probing the lane.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Irvine, who was commuting home from his job as a technician in a dark blue Volkswagen hatchback, came to an abrupt stop in free-flowing traffic, lurching to the far-right lane.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of lane
Noun
  • Chu recommends the side streets near popular thoroughfares for less traffic and therefore more generous candy offerings.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In Bordeaux, Rue Sainte-Catherine, the city’s main shopping thoroughfare, was hit by widespread damage.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of thoroughfare

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