How to Use curb cut in a Sentence
curb cut
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The same goes for street corners — getting curb cuts plowed and paths made clear is key to getting around the city in a snowy winter.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
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Those curb cuts now serve parents with strollers, travelers with suitcases and workers with trolleys.
—Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
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Often, that means doing things like, oh, zipping down city streets, because there are no curb cuts to assist her in smoothly moving from sidewalk to sidewalk.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
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But curb cuts quickly became popular with people pushing strollers, bikers, and anyone else seeking an easier way into the street.
—Ashley Milne-Tyte, NPR, 9 July 2026
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Disability rights advocates fought for years to have towns and cities install curb cuts — a slope from the sidewalk to the street that lets a wheelchair user cross the road easily and safely.
—Ashley Milne-Tyte, NPR, 9 July 2026
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Modifying their environment, such as adding curb cuts to public sidewalks, is also critical.
—Adrienne Lapidos, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
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The city will update curb cuts at Jefferson Avenue leading to the south facing entrance, if the city and plaintiffs’ experts agree it’s needed.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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When cities introduced curb cuts – small ramps at intersections, originally designed for wheelchair users – cyclists, delivery workers and parents with strollers all benefited, too.
—Sankar Sen, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
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Destinations are adding smoother curb cuts, wheelchair-friendly attractions, and accessible transportation to better welcome travelers of all abilities.
—Cory Lee, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2022
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Other issues included limited railings, a lack of automatic doors, fixing curb cuts outside building entrances and general wheelchair and access accommodations in rooms open to the public.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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For those who reside anywhere with broken pavement and steep curb cuts, the lack of a mechanism for lifting the Volante’s front end seems like an oversight, especially since the car’s enhanced hood length and deep seating position place that area at greater risk due to the driver’s perspective.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
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For example, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires that all new construction in the United States comply with its extensive accessibility guidelines, resulting in a proliferation of curb cuts, ramps, and wheelchair lifts.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2018
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