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Recent Examples of traffic circle
Devane Park turns a quiet traffic circle into an oasis with park benches, a cozy gazebo, and space for kids and dogs to burn off some energy.
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Rebecca Deurlein, Southern Living, 22 July 2025
The town is also planning a mini-roundabout at Mohegan Drive at Brewster Road and a small traffic circle at Elmfield Street at Somerset Street.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
Horizontal measures These include traffic circles, like the ones recently installed along 12th Avenue South, which slow traffic significantly without any bumps in the road itself.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The plan also calls for park-like traffic circles at ground level at MAST and at the Marine Stadium entrance -- which now has no crosswalk and no signal -- and improvements at the two other intersections on the causeway road two on Virginia Key.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
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Rebecca Deurlein, Southern Living, 22 July 2025
The town is also planning a mini-roundabout at Mohegan Drive at Brewster Road and a small traffic circle at Elmfield Street at Somerset Street.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
Horizontal measures These include traffic circles, like the ones recently installed along 12th Avenue South, which slow traffic significantly without any bumps in the road itself.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The plan also calls for park-like traffic circles at ground level at MAST and at the Marine Stadium entrance -- which now has no crosswalk and no signal -- and improvements at the two other intersections on the causeway road two on Virginia Key.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traffic circle
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The plan calls for two natural rocks topped with pelican statues to be placed in La Jolla Boulevard medians next to the pedestrian crossings south of the Colima Street roundabout and north of the Camino de la Costa roundabout to welcome residents and guests to the community.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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In Montpellier, in the southwest, police scuffled with protesters who had set up a barricade to block traffic at a roundabout.—
Stephane Mahe,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Two red rotary-dial phones hooked up to a VoIP service occasionally rang with real-time reports of problems.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Aug. 2025
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Today, the 3 billion crayons the company makes every year are all manufactured via high-speed rotary molds capable of churning out 1,300 crayons a minute.—
Brit Morse,
Fortune,
6 July 2025
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Heavy trucks account for about two gigatonnes of carbon dioxide annually, not to mention other emissions, so seeking cleaner alternatives to power them is a major priority in environmental circles.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Sep. 2025
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Another, also built from white disks on a bending wire, evokes a mechanized Japanese cherry tree, its circles—perched high on a narrow stem—not revolving so much as brushing quickly past one another.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Due to Visa and Mastercard’s interchange rules, credit card transactions carry higher fees for merchants.—
Jeff Kauflin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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One of two exit ramp lanes at the Interstate 24 interchange at Exit 81 near South Church Street as the westbound off ramps will be lengthened and widened, according to TDOT.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Sep. 2025
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The restaurant is slightly upscale, without being fussy, and part of a powerhouse group that operates Street & Co., Fore Street, and Standard Baking Co.. Don’t miss the cloverleaf rolls, halibut with brown butter and hazelnuts, and whatever the custard of the day is.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
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Choices range from a tidy 350-square-foot room to the expansive Ultra Suite, which will set you back more than $1,500 for a night of high-rolling luxury overlooking the Tri-State Tollway cloverleaf interchange in East Hazel Crest.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Traffic circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traffic%20circle. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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