rotary

noun

Definition of rotarynext
as in roundabout

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Recent Examples of rotary 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 The room was built to accommodate rows of heavy, metal rotary printing presses of another era. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 May 2026 This included two poems about dying grandmothers; one poem about owls and their habitats; one poem about Jesus, Lamb and Carpenter; and one about losing the tip of a finger—Dan’s, his hand held up as evidence—to a rotary saw. — Literary Hub, 11 May 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
  • Phase one, projected to wrap up in November, will also include the installation of sidewalks and bike lanes on both sides of Knox Road and the beginning of the roundabout at Torrence Chapel Road and Knox Road.
    — Laura Horne July 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
  • At the roundabout at East Rosedale Street and South Ayers Avenue, Langs stopped his car and honked at Burkhart, who was in front of him.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026
Definition of roundabout
Noun
  • Trump wants to build the arch on a traffic circle on the Virginia side of the Memorial Bridge from the District of Columbia.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • In a traffic circle, no one has the right of way except someone who’s already in the circle.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
Definition of traffic circle
Noun
  • Below is another interchange with Scott, away to Newcastle the following week, as well as a piece of inventive hold-up play to free Adrien Truffert down the wing at Manchester City last November.
    — Art de Roché, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • The new interchange will be a diverging diamond, like those found at First Street in Ankeny or Grand Prairie Parkway in Waukee.
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 17 July 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
  • Overall, the address was taken seriously in partisan pro-Trump media circles, while it was treated skeptically everywhere else.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • New friends bring new drama; from the glitzy beaches of Palm Beach to the private dunes of the Hamptons, the ladies expand their exclusive social circle, bringing in new hijinks, posh parties, and so much more.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 July 2026
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“Rotary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotary. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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