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Recent Examples of dual carriageway
Birmingham’s city council plans to cut street parking and is considering carving bike lanes out of dual carriageway roads.
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The Economist, 23 May 2020
The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
—Fox News, 16 July 2018
The Economist, 23 May 2020
The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
—Fox News, 16 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dual carriageway
Noun
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In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive to Lick Mill Boulevard.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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First is an eight-lane superhighway, designed exclusively for massive traffic.—
Judy Stecker,
STAT,
27 Feb. 2026
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Whether from land or sea, visitors can witness what is essentially a whale-migration superhighway.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Two sites inside of what had been the mall’s ring road are under consideration for the station, according to village documents.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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In an interview with ABC News, Ahmed Alla, 24, said he was stranded on the Paris ring road in September, out of gas and facing fines, when a motorcyclist stopped to assist him.—
Camilla Alcini,
ABC News,
16 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The traffic on the M1 motorway had come to a total standstill.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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He had been found in the snow by the motorway heading to the airport, and after his stomach had been pumped at Sabbatsberg Hospital he was taken to Beckomberga.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Still, the street corner will remain the soul of his operation — and the music at the heart of it all.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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QueenEr’Re was the second 11-year-old to be killed on the block since early 2023, the latest loss in an area already marked by streets named for Derrick Turnbow and Domonic Davis, whose young lives were also claimed by gun violence.—
Cameron Knight,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Mar. 2026
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Amboy fell on hard times after the faster interstate funneled traffic away from the desert outpost.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Drivers were cautioned about significant delays in the area, especially approaching Slaughter Lane, as vehicles merge onto the service road and try to re-enter the interstate farther north.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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If Lake Powell’s level declines to a point that water can only pass through four 8-foot-wide bypass tubes, that would limit how much can reach California, Arizona and Nevada.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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When only one of the two pumps engaged its emergency bypass amid the outage, flows were drastically cut, killing as many as thousands of young Chinook salmon.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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State officials also raised a berm along a causeway separating the north and south arms of the lake to give them control over the flow of water and salt between the two.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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Conceived as a modern tropical mansion visible to drivers crossing the causeway that connects Miami Beach to Miami, the house stood out for its tall columns flanked by nearly transparent white curtains from ceiling to floor, opening panoramically to the pool and Biscayne Bay.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Dual carriageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual%20carriageway. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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