corniches

noun

plural of corniche
as in side roads

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corniches
  1. streets
  2. highways
  3. switchbacks
  4. roadways
  5. roads
  6. pike
  7. rows
  8. drives
Noun
  • From the Transamerica Pyramid to the busy city streets, concrete covers about 65% of San Francisco.
    — Anne Makovec, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Its grid of streets, forum, theater, temples, baths and columns survives alongside its most famous monument, the three-arched gateway traditionally known as the Arch of Trajan.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of streets
Noun
  • The devices are prohibited on highways, but are allowed to cross them.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Police responded forcefully with batons, tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds blocking highways.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of highways
Noun
  • Negotiating switchbacks just feels like work in most HD pickups.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Follow the path adjacent to South Foxton Road, then cross the street and ascend a series of switchbacks.
    — Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of switchbacks
Noun
  • In effect, this implies that dark asphalt roadways, parking lots, and rooftops are represented as bright red on high-resolution thermal charts.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • However, the company says the city failed to coordinate with the property owners adjacent to the roadways being raised, and construction wasn’t able to start on time.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of roadways
Noun
  • Brand-new roads in South Florida are often designed to handle 7 or so inches of rain in a day.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The other five victims died in crashes involving vehicles used to block roads.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of roads
Noun
  • Streamlining the process of coalescing supply chain insights will help brands not just with the regulations coming down the pike, but those that will inevitably follow.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • To give you an inside scoop on what’s coming down the pike in the next few months, the automotive experts at Edmunds have picked five vehicles that promise to be well worth the wait.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of pike
Noun
  • Sheets of paper taped up across the wall and windows bore three-letter initials of various airports, with bags for their corresponding outbound flights lined up in tight rows.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2026
  • On the counter are rows of pills in cups, inhalers, and, next to them, Old Spice deodorant, each with the name of the older children in permanent marker.
    — Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of rows
Noun
  • Redwood National and State Parks have several gorgeous drives for anyone who wants to explore the parklands by car.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Nine other people were arrested this week as part of a joint investigation between Interpol and South African police into recruitment drives for the war.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of drives
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