congestion

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for congestion
Noun
  • Officers then turned her over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for a deportation hearing, although police later dropped the traffic charges against her, according to local media reports.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • The traffic alert was reported Tuesday at 10:27 p.m., and the last update regarding this incident was released on Wednesday at 12:43 a.m.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Yet, beneath the headlines of inflation, layoffs and political gridlock can lie a quieter, more intimate collapse: the unraveling of a sense of self.
    Nancy Zamierowski, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • Institutions that once amplified U.S. influence—including the UN, the World Trade Organization, and the World Bank—have devolved into arenas of gridlock and anti-American posturing.
    MICHAEL BECKLEY, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Congestion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congestion. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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