as in road
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 cul-de-sac
Bud Light Shane Gillis and Post Malone launch Bud Light cans out of a leaf blower, inviting the whole neighborhood to a cul-de-sac party in this ad featuring Peyton Manning.
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Angela Yang, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2025
Their world is upended when new neighbors move in next door, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light, and new deadly threats shatter the illusion of their quiet little neighborhood.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
The proposal calls for closing off South River Street to create a cul-de-sac.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
The cul-de-sac characters may be around for a while.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
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Angela Yang, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2025
Their world is upended when new neighbors move in next door, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light, and new deadly threats shatter the illusion of their quiet little neighborhood.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
The proposal calls for closing off South River Street to create a cul-de-sac.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
The cul-de-sac characters may be around for a while.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cul-de-sac
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The road is closed from Blue Ridge Cut Off/Exit 9 to Sterling Avenue/Exit 10 in Kansas City.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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Motorsports have a long history of bringing race technologies to the road.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article Five months after Seattle completed its three-year construction project for a new bus rapid transit line along a main thoroughfare, neighbors are beginning to take stock.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Crossing seven modern-day prefectures and the snowy crags of the Japanese Alps, this thoroughfare, the Nakasendō, connected the imperial capital of Kyoto with the cultural capital of Edo (now Tokyo).—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2025
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But the town’s cohesion frayed in the late twentieth century as factories shuttered, leaving behind dangerous pollution, and the construction of an interstate highway demolished the historic downtown.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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This position is responsible for professional and highly complex administrative work, control and processing of documents related to large scale programs and projects involving County roadways and related infrastructure.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Feb. 2025
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The main parade begins at Bay to Bay and Bayshore boulevards and continues along downtown to Brorein Street, then turns on Ashley Drive.—
Michelle Stark,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2025
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Just up the boulevard is his other go-to, Grocery Outlet.—
Francine Kiefer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
17 Jan. 2025
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Two Turkey fans stood in the middle of a three-lane carriageway.—
James Horncastle,
The Athletic,
6 July 2024
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The project, first launched in 2019, broke ground in February 2023 to connect the A417 highway bypass to the Cowley roundabout, a section of road that is currently a single-lane carriageway that slows traffic, transportation officials said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2024
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From programmatic advertising to out-of-home campaigns and legal advertising, AVI leaves no avenue unexplored, ensuring every campaign achieves measurable results.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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But Tesla receives government assistance from numerous other avenues.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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One lane is closed from 135th Street to 151st Street on southbound US-69.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2025
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Swish a floater in the lane to essentially ice things, only to be called upon to drill a pair of free throws seconds later because LeBron James nearly willed Los Angeles back into it?—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Cul-de-sac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cul-de-sac. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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