Thesaurus results for RING ROAD

ring road

noun

Definition of ring road

chiefly British

as in bypass

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Recent Examples of ring road The stadium, situated on the city’s ring road, is a throwback to a less refined age in English football, with a facade that blends barbed wire and concrete in a way that has changed little since the days when Savile ruled the UK’s airwaves. — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 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 The 58-acre site and its 15-acre ring road are expected to be listed for sale in early 2026. — Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025 Indeed, while many visitors like to take in the otherworldly sights of this mystical country by driving its ring road, the best, and easily most relaxing way, is to explore everything Iceland has to offer by sea. — Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ring road

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Noun

Unlike so many previous attempts to stop smoking, Washington’s bypass surgery successfully forced him to give up the habit.

— Mac Engel August 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026
Advertisement As a result, some of these allies and partners began building a bypass network to address the threat, working directly with Ukraine, for example, to learn from that country’s innovations in counter-drone technology.

— Ariane Tabatabai, Time, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of bypass

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In their parkway, too, Novack and Aggrey have sprinkled seeds from about two dozen native wildflowers.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
The parkway is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2026, triumphantly welcoming guests back to many sections of the scenic and historic drive following the devastation of Hurricane Helene in 2024.

— Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 28 July 2026

Definition of parkway

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Birmingham’s city council plans to cut street parking and is considering carving bike lanes out of dual carriageway roads.

— The Economist, 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, Fox News, 16 July 2018

Definition of dual carriageway

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Over 85% of federal employees live outside of the Washington, DC, beltway, with states like Florida, Texas and California hubs for more than 100,000 workers each, government data shows.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
And that car then made a corner and slammed into a concrete jersey barrier on the beltway.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026

Definition of beltway

Noun

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a small plane on a training flight that made an emergency landing on a Florida interstate Monday morning, narrowly missing highway signs and vehicles.

— Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Nguyen was parked in the interstate’s median conducting stationary speed enforcement of northbound vehicles, said Forest Lake Police Chief Luke Hanegraaf.

— Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of interstate

Noun

Our strategic position between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi watershed set our course as a commerce superhighway, with the Chicago Portage connecting two vast trading routes between the Atlantic and the Gulf.

— Alaina Harkness, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Mycorrhizal fungi direct traffic through nutrient superhighways and restructure the soil to support life across entire ecosystems.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of superhighway

Noun

Reuters — An Italian court on Thursday sentenced former Atlantia CEO Giovanni ‌Castellucci to 12 years in prison over the deadly 2018 collapse of a motorway bridge in the northwestern port city of Genoa.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
The house is at the Windsor Road-edge of the historic Bray Studios, tucked between the River Thames and a section of the A308 motorway, in the hamlet of Water Oakley.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

Definition of motorway

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