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rotary

noun

Definition of rotarynext
as in roundabout

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Recent Examples of rotary To the west in Duarte, an old tan rotary phone with a very long cord hangs on a tree in a garden. — Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 As with its other disco dance floors in Delray Beach and around the country, this location will be adorned in Farrah Fawcett posters, trucker hats and rotary telephones, serve retro drinks like a Dirty Ash Tray and bump to the Bee Gees and Earth, Wind & Fire. — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2026 Standard Rotary Blade Push Mower To adjust the mower height on a standard rotary-blade push mower, start by locating the adjustment levers. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026 The laser assembly was mounted on a high-precision industrial rotary stage and a gimbal capable of rapidly adjusting its position to follow moving targets. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for rotary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotary
  1. roundabout
  2. traffic circle
  3. interchange
  4. cloverleaf
  5. circle
Noun
  • Oswego opened its first roundabout to traffic in 2023 as part of a $70 million multi-year plan to improve Wolfs Crossing to help ease traffic congestion, improve safety and accommodate growth in town.
    — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The turning-lane design — as well as a new roundabout just down the road at Boise Avenue — could reduce crashes by 31%, according to the appeal.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of roundabout
Noun
  • The traffic circle at Eagle and Amity roads in South Meridian was previously the county’s lone full dual-lane roundabout — meaning with two lanes going the full way around.
    — Rose Evans August 16, Idaho Statesman, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The traffic circle where the arch would sit is right between the two landmarks.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of traffic circle
Noun
  • With humanity’s ecological interchange with nature subsumed and directed by capital’s endless circuits of accumulation, the exploitation of natural resources and the aggregation of waste ensues.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The interchange at Jackrabbit Trail and I- 10 will be expanded to increase traffic capacity and traffic flow.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of interchange
Noun
  • But residents of the surrounding area have complained for years that the nearby cloverleaf interchange for Colfax Avenue and Federal Boulevard divides the community and creates unsafe conditions for pedestrians and drivers.
    — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
  • To avoid traffic jams, the avenues that connect each sector of the city were designed without intersections; instead, the intersections have cloverleaf interchanges.
    — Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of cloverleaf
Noun
  • To squeeze in more disks, consider that a circle can have as many as six other equal-sized circles simultaneously abutting it.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • As a bonus, to fully un-break the Heartbreakers’ circle, Lynch stepped aside from the drums for the final number to let lat his successor, Steve Ferrone, step in for the finale, and 21st-century utility man Scott Thurston popped in as well.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of circle

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“Rotary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotary. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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