dual carriageways

noun

Definition of dual carriagewaysnext
plural of dual carriageway, chiefly British
as in high roads

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  1. highways
  2. roadways
  3. roads
  4. pike
  5. arteries
Noun
  • Total zero-emission vehicles registered is about 100,000, or 1 in 80 on the highways.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Billions of dollars are on the line to maintain transit, build new roads and highways and to keep up with repairs to aging infrastructure.
    Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of highways
Noun
  • Neighbors used chainsaws to clear roadways.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This is because more regional funding for roadways and bus operations frees up revenue in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa to go toward light rail.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of roadways
Noun
  • Machine learning models could analyze data from sensors on roads, bridges and utilities infrastructure to predict maintenance needs before failures occur.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Flash flooding from creeks and rivers conspired with Appalachian mudslides to sweep away scores of people, destroy homes and businesses, collapse roads and devastate entire communities.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of roads
Noun
  • Still coming down the pike are Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, a follow-up to a Best Picture winner; Jon M. Chu’s Wicked, an adaptation of the first half of the famed musical; and James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, a biopic of obscure Nobel laureate Robert Zimmerman.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Sticking her double pike, Tiana burst into nearly immediate tears.
    Caroline Price, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of pike
Noun
  • The second number, diastolic blood pressure, measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart is resting between beats.
    Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024
  • This portable device invented by a Taiwanese medical technology company uses a proprietary optical technology to effectively see through the skin on the top of your hand to reveal the veins and arteries beneath it in three dimensions.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of arteries
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