Thesaurus results for SWITCHBACK

switchback

noun

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as in road

a route that has many sharp turns for climbing a steep hill

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Recent Examples of switchback Given the highly turbulent nature of the solar atmosphere, researchers are now examining whether similar variations in type III burst drift rates could be driven by magnetic irregularities, including switchbacks or broader field deflections. —

Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026 Mann’s allegation of a 2013 rape in a Manhattan hotel is again up for consideration because of a series of legal switchbacks. —

ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 There are a few switchbacks with sporadic wooden steps to help in your ascent. —

Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Travelers previously descended into the canyon along steep switchback roads prone to rockfalls or took long detours around the gorge, routes that added more than an hour to travel time. —

Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for switchback

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Many appear old and worn, and are vulnerable to sabotage from paramilitary groups, or an explosion involving hot, heavy crude oil, should a vehicle come off the road and hit them.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Ten minutes down the road from Thiepval, on the other side of the highway leading to today’s prosperous French border city of Amiens, lies the German war cemetery at Fricourt.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026