traffic circle

noun

Definition of traffic circlenext
as in roundabout

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Recent Examples of traffic circle Trump’s arch would fill a traffic circle between the west side of Memorial Bridge and Arlington National Cemetery, and form a sight line with the Lincoln Memorial. — Tyler Green, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 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 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
  • 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 buttons, switches and rotary controls also have a satisfying action, avoiding the flimsy feel that can undermine an otherwise attractive economy-car interior.
    — Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Chouinard says low-precipitation rotary nozzles, such as MP Rotators, are the clear winners.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 20 July 2026
Definition of rotary
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  • There will also be multicultural food vendors, an international marketplace, community art projects, drum circles, youth soccer, interactive art activities and family programming designed to encourage participation rather than simply observation.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • The other is a healthy Venn diagram where those circles intentionally overlap.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of 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

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