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Recent Examples of traffic circle
After exiting a traffic circle, the road tilted upward at a steady 5 percent grade.
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Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Carlsbad residents are going round and round about traffic circles.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2025
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.
—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
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Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Carlsbad residents are going round and round about traffic circles.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traffic circle
Noun
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The parade begins just north of the roundabout at Walnut and Pleasant streets.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The arch -- similar to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris -- would be built in a roundabout in front of Arlington National Cemetery at one end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial.—
Hannah Demissie,
ABC News,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The system ships with two wireless pads that keep the hallmark rotary dial and numeric keypad, maintaining the original design, even if thumbsticks would work a little better.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Anyone looking to purchase the rotary model though is out of luck.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
9 Oct. 2025
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The keynote speech was by William Makis, a litigious COVID conspiracist who, after losing his medical license in 2019, has made a living treating cancer patients with antiparasitic drugs including ivermectin, which was also championed in some circles as a COVID treatment during the pandemic.—
Arthur Allen,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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With her hair parted down the middle, Gerber donned tight waves; the circles falling inward over her shoulders.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The construction zone is in place for the ongoing work to widen I-264 and reconstruct the interchange with I-71, The Courier Journal previously reported.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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Work on the new interchange, which is anticipated to cost $55 million, has already created traffic headaches for drivers traveling east and west along State near Idaho 16 intersection.—
Rose Evans
November 4,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Nov. 2025
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The interchange — with on and off ramps and a bridge over the highway — will be located a mile west of the interchange at Woodland Road and a mile east of the cloverleaf at K-7.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
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The site sits just east of a clunky cloverleaf interchange that's an apt relic of mid-20th century sprawl.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Traffic circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traffic%20circle. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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