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Recent Examples of dual carriageway
Birmingham’s city council plans to cut street parking and is considering carving bike lanes out of dual carriageway roads.
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The Economist, 23 May 2020
The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
—Fox News, 16 July 2018
The Economist, 23 May 2020
The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
—Fox News, 16 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dual carriageway
Noun
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Getting Around Oslo With high road tolls and expensive, hard-to-find parking, driving in Oslo can quickly become a hassle, putting a damper on your weekend.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
10 Oct. 2024
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The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.—
Allie Volpe,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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This behavioral hijacking turns what should be a reproductive dead end into a superhighway for infection.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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From the quiet fields of rural India to the deserts of northern Mexico runs an international migration superhighway, funneling tens of thousands of Indians to the U.S. border each year.—
Matt Rivers,
ABC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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In addition to passing through different parts of the city, the route led them through suburban regions within London's M25 ring road.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Apr. 2025
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The London Orbital Motorway, or the M25, is a vast ring road that runs in a shaggy circle around the outer edges of the capital.—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2025
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Armed marauders have killed scores of civilians and security forces in recent months and kidnapped hundreds of Nigerians from villages, schools, and motorways across the country.—
Fola Aina,
Foreign Affairs,
5 May 2021
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Currently, most rapid-charging stations on UK motorways are 50kW, which will do the same 80 per cent top-up in around an hour, while a 7kW home wallbox will fully charge the New 500 in around six hours.—
Vicky Parrott,
WIRED,
1 Sep. 2020
Noun
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Safer streets, stronger neighborhoods, and city services that actually serve.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Others left in their cars, dodging bodies that lay in the streets.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The crash, which involved multiple vehicles, prompted a temporary shutdown of the interstate as first responders arrived on scene.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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That’s expected to translate to a 108% increase in traffic on the northern section between Overland and Victory roads, just south of the interstate.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Apr. 2025
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There’s no way to steal, bypass, copy or leak a passkey.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Gather Your Tools Heavy-duty leather gloves or rose gauntlets, sharp bypass pruners, a pair of loppers, a rake, and a bucket or wheelbarrow for debris will make speedy work of pruning Knock Out roses.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Apr. 2025
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This Coral Coast island resort is connected to Fiji’s largest island, Viti Levu, by a causeway.—
Johanna Read,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Johor-Singapore causeway is considered the world’s busiest land border with over 300,000 people passing through the immigration checkpoint daily.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Dual carriageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual%20carriageway. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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