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
  • The roundabout will be near, but not a part of the $200-million, 54-acre Alexander Farms mixed-use community off Westmoreland Road and West Catawba Avenue, officials said.
    — Joe Marusak July 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
  • The $247,821 project, funded by the city’s Transportation Fund, will transform a section of downtown Roseville on the 200 block of Oak Street, between the downtown roundabout and Dry Creek, into a miniature street network.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of roundabout
Noun
  • The traffic circle where the arch would sit is right between the two landmarks.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026
  • When the four friends reached a traffic circle, O'Brien rammed their car with his truck, forcing it to crash into a telephone pole, according to the affidavit.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of traffic circle
Noun
  • Developers of The District at Ten Mile, a 220-acre commercial project near the Ten Mile Road and I-84 interchange in Meridian, have announced more than a dozen new businesses coming to the site.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Merchants have to pay interchange fees to the bank that issued the card as well as payments to the credit card network and the company processing the transaction.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 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
  • The performers staged what appeared to be some kind of dance battle, creating a circle near sculptures by David Smith and Barnett Newman.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Job requirement lists have become a running joke in hiring circles for a reason.
    — Marsha Murray, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of circle

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“Rotary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotary. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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