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Definition of express lane in US English: express lanenoun 1(on a highway) a lane for through traffic, having fewer exits. Example sentencesExamples - The accident occurred at a high traffic time in the express lanes of one of the busiest sections of one of the busiest highways in Canada.
- Why does the sign above the entrance to the express lanes on the Interstate 90 bridge say ‘Exit’?
- People did not like that, and instead proposed express lanes be built for the rich, basically.
- Instead of spending money on light rail systems, the Union supports a $1.6 billion plan to create a 600-mile network of bus-only express lanes.
- The new express lane has been criticized after a traffic death.
- 1.1 (in a grocery store) a checkout aisle for shoppers buying only a few items.
Example sentencesExamples - The gimmicky aspect of the book is that you can shop for four meals and still check out through the express lane.
- Against all the signs and tradition I wheeled my trolley through the express lanes, with the approval of the checkout bloke, the only one working.
- When we went to pay for our things, we only had few items, so we went to the express lanes.
- I was called through to the express lane, got half way through unloading the shopping, and was then told the trolley wouldn't fit through.
- Moving into the queue, Erika found herself, as she did every week, able to go through the express lane.
Definition of express lane in US English: express lanenoun 1(on a highway) a lane for through traffic, having fewer exits. Example sentencesExamples - The accident occurred at a high traffic time in the express lanes of one of the busiest sections of one of the busiest highways in Canada.
- Instead of spending money on light rail systems, the Union supports a $1.6 billion plan to create a 600-mile network of bus-only express lanes.
- The new express lane has been criticized after a traffic death.
- People did not like that, and instead proposed express lanes be built for the rich, basically.
- Why does the sign above the entrance to the express lanes on the Interstate 90 bridge say ‘Exit’?
- 1.1 (in a grocery store) a checkout aisle for shoppers buying only a few items.
Example sentencesExamples - Moving into the queue, Erika found herself, as she did every week, able to go through the express lane.
- Against all the signs and tradition I wheeled my trolley through the express lanes, with the approval of the checkout bloke, the only one working.
- I was called through to the express lane, got half way through unloading the shopping, and was then told the trolley wouldn't fit through.
- When we went to pay for our things, we only had few items, so we went to the express lanes.
- The gimmicky aspect of the book is that you can shop for four meals and still check out through the express lane.
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