Thesaurus results for CUL-DE-SACS

cul-de-sacs

noun

variants also culs-de-sac

plural of cul-de-sac

as in roads

a street that is designed to connect to another street only at one end Our house is located on a quiet cul-de-sac.

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Recent Examples of cul-de-sacs Spector is clearly concerned with the pernicious consequences of technology, its ability to numb emotions and steer people into ideological cul-de-sacs. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026 Without a line in the hills, the fire ran downslope and jumped to homes—unchecked through the cul-de-sacs below. — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 Plans call for turning the median strips into cul-de-sacs, and that’s a start at easing the crossing. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026 Crews start with primary streets, which are exterior major roads and main drives in subdivisions, then move to secondary streets, which are smaller streets in subdivisions and lastly alternative roadways, such as cul-de-sacs, are cleared. — Jake Allen, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026 Some cul-de-sacs and small side streets remained salted but unplowed, according to the city's site. — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2026 Board member Mohammad Iqbal at the time said the ordinance was not in its final form, echoing the concerns about short-term rentals being allowed on cul-de-sacs, among other issues. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026 The response to this development — of Wall Street buying Main Street, or at least some of its cul-de-sacs — has been bipartisan, populist and patriotic condemnation. — Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025 Spotted these days on everything from quiet cul-de-sacs to bustling main streets, golf carts are no longer just for the fairway. — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The roads initially served a military purpose, the professor added.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
As the post-2021 conflict intensified, military checkpoints proliferated on major roads across the country.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of roads

Noun

The massive project funded from 13 federal, state and local agencies, gives a glimpse of what’s to come for Long Beach thoroughfares.

— Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Two years later, Wong became one of the key leaders of the city’s Umbrella Movement protests that rallied thousands of predominantly young people to the streets to call for greater democracy by blocking major thoroughfares for 79 straight days.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of thoroughfares

Noun

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern cite 500-plus supportive customers, more than 2,000 filed statements, and backers including trucking giant Knight-Swift and a claim of 2 million fewer truckloads on highways.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
For decades, the story has focused on population loss, empty storefronts, highways that divided neighborhoods and a downtown that too often goes quiet after work.

— Mark Taylor, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of highways

Noun

In some cases, cameras that were pointed at roadways would be able to see if traffic had been stopped by the protest.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
The Brookhill Village complex opened in the 1950s and the roadways show that, according to John Lineberger, director of real estate at Griffin Brothers.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of roadways

Noun

Visitors often still liken the city’s walkable streets and historic architecture to European boulevards.

— Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026
There were beautiful boulevards, sweeping bridges over the Moskva River, wide Stalin-era avenues lined with imposing granite buildings, and quiet nineteenth-century neighborhoods of pastel-colored mansions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of boulevards

Noun

After a tour past mannequins in their likenesses, Manolo Blahnik slippers and mood boards, the party moved to the Versailles Orangerie, where Cartier grooms lined the alleys leading to the grandiose gallery.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Deep inside the labyrinthine alleys of Acre’s Old City – home to a 700-year-old Crusader fortress – Muhammad Hani could not order a takeaway pizza.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of alleys

Noun

There are two potential avenues Lee might take to get AB 1729 into law — a veto override or reintroducing the bill next year.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Leventhal added that the AI assistants do provide some easier avenues to bad behavior among diners, though, and reservation platforms need to find a way to deal with that.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026

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