Thesaurus results for CLOVERLEAF

cloverleaf

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Definition of cloverleaf

as in interchange

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Recent Examples of cloverleaf Race around three barrels in a cloverleaf pattern as fast as possible. — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025 The interchange — with on and off ramps and a bridge over the highway — will be located a mile west of the interchange at Woodland Road and a mile east of the cloverleaf at K-7. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025 The site sits just east of a clunky cloverleaf interchange that's an apt relic of mid-20th century sprawl. — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 12 Sep. 2025 The developers released architectural plans of a cloverleaf-style complex with three towers, a plaza and gardens on the roof. — Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2016 See All Example Sentences for cloverleaf

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Merchants have to pay interchange fees to the bank that issued the card as well as payments to the credit card network and the company processing the transaction.

— Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026
While the mobility program has big-ticket components such as relocating the I-91/I-84 interchange in Hartford, smaller projects such as RiverLink are seen as more attainable in the near future.

— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026

Definition of interchange

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The rail, which lined a four-lane road near an overpass, was an egregious assembly of one of Sicking’s older designs.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
The Kansas Department of Transportation is responsible for work on the overpass and the Kansas Turnpike Authority is responsible for the ramps, according to the government.

— Sofi Zeman July 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026

Definition of overpass

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That includes $10 million for the underpass and about $2 million for a traffic signal at Avimor Drive and several collector roads built during the project’s early phases.

— Noah Daly July 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026
People should expect flooding of small creeks and streams, roads, underpasses, urban areas and other low-lying or poor-drainage locations.

— Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 22 June 2026

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For the last two years, New Frontier — our dynamic, cutting-edge program at the intersection of art, cinematic storytelling, and emerging technologies — has been on pause to evaluate the rapid changes in our media landscape.

— Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 29 July 2026
The intersection of sports with Wall Street is not new – just look at the investment of private equity into the NFL, NBA, MLB and the PGA Tour – but the trend seemingly continues to accelerate into global sports.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

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