traffic circle

noun

Examples of traffic circle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As the targets spread to Spanish colonial icons — viewed as symbols of oppression of Indigenous peoples — Mexican authorities removed a statue of Christopher Columbus from a traffic circle on Reforma. Luis Antonio Rojas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024 Farmers operating large grain trucks and farm machinery are complaining about the design of a traffic circle on Sullivan Road at Great Day Court in Westminster. Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024 And a good number of folks just didn’t like the idea of a traffic circle. Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024 Begun in 2020, Streetscape is a multi-year, massive renovation of Leucadia’s portion of Coast Highway 101, and includes everything from traffic circle roundabouts to new sidewalks. Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024 The protesters were part of a larger gathering of residents who started the day at Mt. Rainier’s main traffic circle in Maryland. Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024 As the Israelis demonstrated at the border, a strike hit a crowd of Palestinians who were waiting for aid trucks at a traffic circle in Gaza City, the largest city in the north, killing multiple people and injuring scores of others, the local health authorities said. Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024 The council discussed the traffic circle at Eolus Avenue, Andrew Avenue and Hillcrest Drive, and created a subcommittee to meet with staff and the community for ideas to improve the circle’s appearance. Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022 Johnson credited the drops to city efforts to calm traffic, residents who work with the city to arrange for speed bumps or traffic circles in their neighborhoods and nonprofits like the Greater Milwaukee Urban League that help adults earn a driver’s license permit. Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of traffic circle was in 1914

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“Traffic circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20circle. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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