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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Developers of The District at Ten Mile, a 220-acre commercial project near the Ten Mile Road and I-84 interchange in Meridian, have announced more than a dozen new businesses coming to the site.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of interchange

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Flores and another person threw an electric scooter over the overpass railing onto the freeway below, authorities said.

— Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Federal prosecutors have charged seven people in connection with the Main Street overpass attack, alleging several worked together to target the CHP cruiser and the officers trapped beneath it.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of overpass

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The right lane approaching the underpass is also clearly marked as a right-hand-turn only lane.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
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

Definition of underpass

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DeKalb County Sheriff's officials said, shortly after noon, a 2025 Mazda CX-5, a Mack semi-tractor trailer hauling gravel, and a 2013 Nissan Altima collided at the intersection of Illinois Route 23 and Melms Road.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
State law allows crossings outside marked crosswalks or intersections if they can be completed safely and don’t create a traffic hazard.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

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