: a private road giving access from a public way to a building on abutting grounds
Examples of driveway in a Sentence
A long driveway led to the mansion.
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Investigators hauled boxes of items from the home and examined a car in the driveway, CNN affiliate KEYE reported.
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Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
The car then careened through two yards before hitting a Chevrolet Equinox parked in the driveway of a home, officials said.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Officers later located a Chevrolet Traverse in her driveway.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
Tiffany Sears, broker-in-charge and lead broker at The Sears Group in Charlotte, North Carolina, recommends taking a pressure washer to your siding, driveway, walkways, and front porch prior to putting your home on the market.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
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Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
The car then careened through two yards before hitting a Chevrolet Equinox parked in the driveway of a home, officials said.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Officers later located a Chevrolet Traverse in her driveway.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
Tiffany Sears, broker-in-charge and lead broker at The Sears Group in Charlotte, North Carolina, recommends taking a pressure washer to your siding, driveway, walkways, and front porch prior to putting your home on the market.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Driveway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driveway. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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driveway
noun
drive·way
ˈdrīv-ˌwā 
: a short private road from the street to a house, garage, or parking lot
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