secondary road

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Recent Examples of secondary road 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 Taking secondary roads with lower speed limits or postponing travel during squall warnings are advised. Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024 Steward’s walk was the real deal: a four-hour amble along secondary roads past farmsteads and olive groves, the undulating terrain fanning out around us on all sides. Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024 Tuesday morning, the state’s road closure report included 579 – three on interstates, 38 federal highways, 58 state roads, and 480 secondary roads. Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for secondary road
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary road
Noun
  • Tucked down a side road, the building was anonymous, without a doorbell or a knocker, its purpose betrayed only by a slight smear of reddish paint on the front door.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • The side roads will be closed as well, plus there will be additional vehicle barricades and checkpoints throughout the Quarter.
    Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Its clifftop location gives a more isolated feel, and quiet seems to be only a side street away from the main piazza.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 17 June 2025
  • Listeners can hear peddlers calling out their wares, children singing in courtyards, band music echoing on side streets and immigrant voices drifting through Midtown Manhattan.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Getting Around Oslo With high road tolls and expensive, hard-to-find parking, driving in Oslo can quickly become a hassle, putting a damper on your weekend.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Noun
  • The numbers, which were obtained through a public records lawsuit and released by the Deportation Data Project at the University of California Berkeley, give the first real glimpse of how Trump's immigration enforcement policy is playing out in the streets.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 1 July 2025
  • According to The Telegraph, Prince Harry is expected to walk side by side with his brother at the forefront of the processions through the streets of London.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • William Saller emphasizes that the long road, although more challenging, usually leads to something far more meaningful.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 June 2025
  • All evacuation warnings have been lifted and roads reopened, the Sheriff’s Office said.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The mother of a 17-year-old Pompano Beach girl who faced an overnight wait outside the Pompano Beach Citi Centre branch in January is a plaintiff on a lawsuit filed Wednesday by attorney Michael Pizzi.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025
  • Binoculars mean the difference between seeing a little gray bird and identifying a titmouse, cheering a home run and seeing the epic catch, or realizing that the 10-point buck is actually a doe standing in front of dead branches.
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The Waymo robotaxis available through the Uber app will cover approximately 65 square miles around Atlanta, but will not yet travel on highways or to the airport.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 24 June 2025
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025

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“Secondary road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20road. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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