DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS Synonyms: 57 Similar Words

dual carriageways

noun

plural of dual carriageway, chiefly British

as in high roads

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Noun

Social media put the storm’s effects on display, with videos of floodwaters leaving cars stranded on highways, stormwater runoff erupting onto city streets and waterfalls cascading onto the subway tracks at Penn Station.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026
Abdeen drove across the highways of newly independent countries.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of highways

Noun

My neighborhood Nextdoor app, which covers a wide swath in DeKalb County and surrounding areas, has been lighting up in recent weeks with reports of coyotes spotted in backyards, city streets and even schoolyards.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Some Syrians celebrated in the streets after the death sentence handed down to al-Assad and his younger brother, Maher.

— Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of streets

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If approved, the legislation would extend exemptions to class cars built between 1976 and 1985 that are used primarily for exhibition purposes and have limited use on public roadways.

— Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Critics like Carlock have noted that the space can feel disjointed for pedestrians, as roadways and cars still have the urban authority.

— Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of roadways

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However, those negotiations remain quite choppy; plus, plenty of inflationary risks are in the pike as higher oil and fertilizer prices work their way through the economy in the coming months.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Five people were seated at a Metro bus stop on the pike on their way to work.

— David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of pike

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The wars in the Gulf and Ukraine have essentially shut off some of the world’s key passageways for global commodities, while extended droughts have restricted travel through the key arteries such as the Panama Canal.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026
My heart and arteries look healthy during an ultrasound exam, but other test results reveal a genetic predisposition to high cholesterol.

— Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of arteries

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While the long-legged aisle-hoggers among us might not relate, travelers lucky enough to settle into the window seat on certain flight routes can look forward to quite the show ahead of touchdown.

— Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Oman has reportedly been working with Iran on a plan to define transit routes for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of routes

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Born to Mary Florence Webb, a nurse, and John Sherman Heilmann, a civil engineer, Heilmann split her childhood between the Bay Area and, after her father took a job building freeways, Los Angeles, by way of El Segundo, a seaside village nearby.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Even the buildings themselves — a trio of vast, anonymous boxes tucked into the crook of two freeways — were plagued with problems.

— Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of freeways

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