dual carriageways

plural of dual carriageway, chiefly British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dual carriageways
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Suburbia offered the illusion of moral purity, deepening social segregation as highways allowed a quick access to and from the city centre.
    Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Nava’s patrol car became a memorial after it was parked at the corner of Ellis and 25th streets after his death.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2025
  • In September 2025, tens of thousands of young protesters poured into the streets of Kathmandu and stormed Nepal’s Parliament.
    MUHIB RAHMAN, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The cause for the increase in these fatalities goes beyond driver distraction — such as phones and dashboard touch screens — and, according to the CDC, appears to be linked to the growing number of large, heavy vehicles like SUVs and to America’s penchant for complicated, high-speed roadways.
    Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Now the roads and sidewalks are open, and life is being breathed back into both the small business community and the city, Hoiosen told the Idaho Statesman.
    Rose Evans November 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • And then whatever else is coming down the pike.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
  • But the project — and two more down the pike — may also prove detrimental to decades of planning by Sutter County, adding hurdles while restricting the scope of Sutter Pointe, a decades-long housing plan just north of the Sacramento County line.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Doctors track the thickness of the carotid artery wall as an early warning sign for clogged arteries that can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • In 2024, researchers showed that patients with microplastics in their arteries had higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and early death.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Dual carriageways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual%20carriageways. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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