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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.
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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
Homeowners near the traffic circles at two intersections on Kelly Drive said the traffic circles encourage speeding and create a safety hazard for children walking to the nearby Kelly Elementary School.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
Most of those points are on the traffic circle surrounding the Lincoln Memorial, according to an Army map shared with reporters.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 12 June 2025
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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
Homeowners near the traffic circles at two intersections on Kelly Drive said the traffic circles encourage speeding and create a safety hazard for children walking to the nearby Kelly Elementary School.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
Most of those points are on the traffic circle surrounding the Lincoln Memorial, according to an Army map shared with reporters.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traffic circle
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So Fishers and Hamilton County Tourism decided to move the house again, to a roundabout on USA Parkway, south of Ikea.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
23 July 2025
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The enormous roundabout at Azadi Square was full of cars, yet still felt somehow deserted.—
Alireza Iranmehr,
The Atlantic,
2 July 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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What’s more, the exhaust rotary valve, air compression, and fuel injection are electronically controlled, meaning they can be adjusted on the fly to change timing as needed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 June 2025
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Present your pitch to this circle and carefully note their feedback to improve the pitch even further.—
Bihag Karnani,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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At the worship service, which Chambers led, youth stood in a circle while adults formed a larger ring around them.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Pending final Gaming Board approval, the new $185 million Hollywood Casino Joliet is planning to open its doors Monday in the Rock Run Collection, a sprawling 310-acre mixed-use development taking shape next to the busy Interstate 80 and Interstate 55 interchange.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Are there other diverging diamond interchanges in Wisconsin? WisDOT has constructed several DDIs at highway interchanges across the state.—
Liliana Fannin,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 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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The woman was grabbed from behind and dragged into the cloverleaf section of Interstate 80 and Madison Avenue, where she was strangled and raped.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Traffic circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traffic%20circle. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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