traffic circle

noun

Definition of traffic circlenext
as in roundabout

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Recent Examples of traffic circle That approval clears just one of the potential hurdles in the path to building a 250-foot structure in a traffic circle on the Virginia side of the Potomac River. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 21 May 2026 McCrery recommended doing away with the lions on the base and objected to plans for an underground tunnel for pedestrians to get to the arch, which would be built on a traffic circle. — CBS News, 21 May 2026 Three graves with 15 bodies were found within a mile of the city’s iconic La Minerva roundabout, a huge traffic circle featuring fountains, greenery and a towering statue of the Roman goddess Minerva. — Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026 In the 1990s, while the area around Columbus Circle was being rebuilt by private developers, the city was considering an upgrade to the traffic circle itself. — Lucius Riccio, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for traffic circle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traffic circle
  1. roundabout
  2. rotary
  3. circle
  4. interchange
  5. cloverleaf
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
  • When sprinklers get silly In 2024, New York University applied mathematician Leif Ristroph and several colleagues built their own custom sprinkler that incorporated ultra-low-friction rotary bearings so their device could spin freely.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
  • The user turns the rotary wheel like a dial and the screen moves fluidly with uninterrupted real-time control over pace and direction.
    — Shirl Leigh July 12, New Atlas, 12 July 2026
Definition of rotary
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  • With fewer adult children often available to take on those responsibilities, families may need to discuss expectations earlier and broaden the circle of caregivers to include friends and other trusted people, not just relatives.
    — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • This digital network will cultivate influence through private year-round conversations, executive circles and brand collaborations.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Definition of circle
Noun
  • The Tollway plans to build a full interchange at a cost of $132 million.
    — Marni Pike, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Merchants pay interchange on card payments and hold working balances that earn them nothing, and a coin that settles instantly, costs less to accept and, under Open USD’s model, pays them the yield on their balances answers both at once.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 2 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

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