Definitions

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  • noun A segment of roadway that directs vehicular traffic from ordinary roads onto a freeway

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Examples

  • I made what I thought was a rather artful multiple-lane-change to access a very necessary and poorly signed (imagine ....) on-ramp.

    Mordidas 2009

  • I made what I thought was a rather artful multiple-lane-change to access a very necessary and poorly signed (imagine ....) on-ramp.

    Mordidas 2009

  • I made what I thought was a rather artful multiple-lane-change to access a very necessary and poorly signed (imagine ....) on-ramp.

    Mordidas 2009

  • I made what I thought was a rather artful multiple-lane-change to access a very necessary and poorly signed (imagine ....) on-ramp.

    Mordidas 2009

  • I made what I thought was a rather artful multiple-lane-change to access a very necessary and poorly signed (imagine ....) on-ramp.

    Mordidas 2009

  • I made what I thought was a rather artful multiple-lane-change to access a very necessary and poorly signed (imagine ....) on-ramp.

    Mordidas 2009

  • Summer jobs provide young people a critical on-ramp to the road towards responsibility, community, work ethic, stability and economic self-sufficiency.

    Jon Bon Jovi: Going All in For All Youth Jon Bon Jovi 2012

  • Summer jobs provide young people a critical on-ramp to the road towards responsibility, community, work ethic, stability and economic self-sufficiency.

    Jon Bon Jovi: Going All in For All Youth Jon Bon Jovi 2012

  • Things improved coasting downhill, but when I accelerated up the on-ramp to merge with traffic, my real-time fuel economy dipped below 10 mpg.

    The Back-Seat Driver in Your Dashboard Joseph B. White 2011

  • I made what I thought was a rather artful multiple-lane-change to access a very necessary and poorly signed (imagine ....) on-ramp.

    Mordidas 2009

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