cul-de-sacs

noun

variants also culs-de-sac
Definition of cul-de-sacsnext
plural of cul-de-sac
as in roads
a street that is designed to connect to another street only at one end Our house is located on a quiet cul-de-sac.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cul-de-sacs
  1. roads
  2. thoroughfares
  3. highways
  4. roadways
  5. boulevards
  6. alleys
  7. avenues
Noun
  • On Monday, crews are continuing to work to clear the roads as temperatures sits near zero with negative wind chills.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Crews are working to clear snow and ice from roads after blizzard conditions Sunday brought 8-12 inches of snow in various parts of the metro, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of roads
Noun
  • In Overland Park, crews are in the process of spreading salt on residential streets as of Friday afternoon, and will move to salting main thoroughfares on Saturday before the rain starts.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Officials do not block Canal, one of the city's most-trafficked thoroughfares.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of thoroughfares
Noun
  • The growth in automobile sales, airline and bus travel, subsidized highways, civil unrest in ’67 and ’68, and white flight to the suburbs all took a toll on national and local rail demand.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Travelers should be cautious, especially along major highways like Interstate 90 and 35, as conditions could remain hazardous.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of highways
Noun
  • Nearly 41% of fatalities on Michigan roadways in 2023 involved alcohol and/or drugs.
    Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
  • During the advisory, slippery travel conditions are possible, especially on untreated roadways.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of roadways
Noun
  • Advertisement The organization said the vehicle was spotted at the intersection of Jefferson and Sepulveda boulevards in Culver City.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The plane crashed on 126 Street, near the intersection of Hawthorne and El Segundo boulevards.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of boulevards
Noun
  • Why didn’t New York build alleys into its street plans?
    The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Most American city street grids have back alleys between buildings.
    The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of alleys
Noun
  • Emerging tools, however, hold the potential to optimize operations at scale for both cost and service levels, unlocking new avenues for value creation.
    Ashok Viswanathan, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • What followed were a set of studies for NASA, from within and outside the agency, to help pinpoint avenues to cut MSR costs and shorten the calendar time for return to Earth of prime-time Mars collectibles.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of avenues
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