as in road
a street that is designed to connect to another street only at one end
Our house is located on a quiet cul-de-sac.
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Recent Examples of cul-de-sac
During this surgery, a surgeon removed endometriosis from my right diaphragm, colon, pelvic side walls, cul-de-sac, and uterosacral ligaments.
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Jenneh Rishe, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
The following season marked the debut of Knots Landing, which initially featured four families in the fictional Seaview Circle cul-de-sac, including the Wards - Houghton’s Kenny and Kim Lankford as his wife Ginger.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
The young Wards were one of the original four couples who lived on the show’s iconic cul-de-sac.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Officers with the California Highway Patrol shot and killed a driver Wednesday morning after a pursuit ended in a Winnetka cul-de-sac.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jenneh Rishe, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
The following season marked the debut of Knots Landing, which initially featured four families in the fictional Seaview Circle cul-de-sac, including the Wards - Houghton’s Kenny and Kim Lankford as his wife Ginger.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
The young Wards were one of the original four couples who lived on the show’s iconic cul-de-sac.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Officers with the California Highway Patrol shot and killed a driver Wednesday morning after a pursuit ended in a Winnetka cul-de-sac.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cul-de-sac
Noun
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New York has completed the first leg of its road back-to-back.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Following the release of Hot, the girl group is set to hit the road on the Easy Crazy Hot tour beginning next month in Incheon, South Korea before heading to several countries throughout Asia, with North American dates expected to take place in September.—
Nicole Fell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The ambient pop number was inspired by the couple’s first date on Los Angeles’ famed thoroughfare Sunset Blvd.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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That means a return to Sacramento’s freeways, thoroughfares and surface streets that funnel them there.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The highway segment sees average daily traffic volumes ranging from 48,000 vehicles at its north end, near C-470, to 30,000 around Highlands Ranch Parkway, according to state traffic data.—
John Aguilar,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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Here’s your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
20 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
Noun
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In the decades that followed, hordes of white college students flocked to The Strip, the stretch of A1A between Las Olas and Sunrise boulevards, and piled into motels.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2025
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This grand avenue was modeled after 19th-century French engineer Georges-Eugène Haussmann’s Parisian boulevards, and it’s lined with a roll call of ornate late 19th and early 20th-century architecture, a historic neighborhood second to none in the United States.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Two Turkey fans stood in the middle of a three-lane carriageway.—
James Horncastle,
The Athletic,
6 July 2024
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The project, first launched in 2019, broke ground in February 2023 to connect the A417 highway bypass to the Cowley roundabout, a section of road that is currently a single-lane carriageway that slows traffic, transportation officials said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2024
Noun
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But most scenes exhaust all comic avenues within a few seconds.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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The installation, which can be found on Phoenix's Grand Avenue between 10th and 11th avenues, went up in early March.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While driving - Stick to the middle lanes and stay on elevated ground.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Mar. 2025
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One lane is closed between 135th Street and College Boulevard on northbound US-69.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Cul-de-sac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cul-de-sac. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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