secondary road

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Recent Examples of secondary road Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025 As of Tuesday morning, crews spread 1.8 million gallons of brine on hundreds of miles of interstates, highways and secondary roads, Stein said. Joe Marusak and, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025 On Saturday, officials in northern Alabama said schools could remain closed Monday if ice doesn't melt off secondary roads. Sara Cline and Ben Finley The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025 Although the current forecast is not expected to cause major travel impacts, secondary roads and overpasses will likely be impacted across Middle Tennessee Monday evening and into the night, said the weather service. Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for secondary road
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary road
Noun
  • There is no turning back, no compromise, no side road.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Meanwhile, as Bunny is on his way to the scene of the accident, a mysterious vehicle forces his driver, Lamar (Zuri James), down a side road, into a hail of bullets from masked gunmen.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The second car drives onto a side street, stays there for just under two minutes, with the driver even getting out for a few seconds, before taking off.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • The car takes the first right onto a much darker side street.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive.
    Noe Padilla, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Parents pushed strollers with infants, as men, women and children of all ages crammed onto the street.
    Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The bike lane is raised a little from the street, and then the sidewalk is raised a little from the bike lane.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
  • Entire buildings and roads were submerged in Accra on Monday, cutting off access to several areas of the Ghanian capital and in the neighboring city of Tema.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Since Independence Day is a federal holiday, most branches of national banks such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo and CitiBank, among others, will be closed on July 4.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Each branch was designed to check the power of the others because the Founders did not want to rely only on the voters to check government power.
    Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
  • Work being done along Interstate 494 in Bloomington is just one of 200 projects the Minnesota Department of Transportation has scheduled this summer to fix up highways, bridges and other infrastructure.
    Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 30 June 2026

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“Secondary road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20road. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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