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
During this surgery, a surgeon removed endometriosis from my right diaphragm, colon, pelvic side walls, cul-de-sac, and uterosacral ligaments.
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Jenneh Rishe, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
When the car failed to stop, officers pursued it to a cul-de-sac and approached the vehicle, Neudigate said.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
The mayor’s signature program to fight homelessness went to the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Custer Avenue, where an encampment filled a cul-de-sac next to a CVS pharmacy.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The cul-de-sac also includes exclusive access to nearby hiking trails.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Jenneh Rishe, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
When the car failed to stop, officers pursued it to a cul-de-sac and approached the vehicle, Neudigate said.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
The mayor’s signature program to fight homelessness went to the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Custer Avenue, where an encampment filled a cul-de-sac next to a CVS pharmacy.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The cul-de-sac also includes exclusive access to nearby hiking trails.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cul-de-sac
Noun
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The Chubs had a long road to this seemingly happy ending.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Electric cars hit the roads and smart phones hit the stores.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The northernmost stretches of the road, and other thoroughfares stitching together Fort Worth’s northern outskirts, have had to cope with intense population booms in recent years.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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The investigation has streets blocked around the intersection of two main thoroughfares, Northwest 183rd Street and Northwest Seventh Avenue.—
David J. Neal,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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,
13 Apr. 2025
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The highway has over twice the average crash rate of Missouri expressways.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 Apr. 2025
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) first confirmed to PEOPLE that a Cessna 310 had crashed into a roadway on Friday, April 11, at around 10:20 a.m.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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The males that lived near busy roadways behaved more aggressively than those living farther away by approaching the speaker closely and repeatedly swooping low over it, probably in search of the intruder.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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At its best, that’s what the Champs Élysées tastes like—like walking the boulevard early summer, the sunlight cascading through the chestnut trees.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
12 Apr. 2025
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Inside Austin’s bitcoin clubhouse Bitcoin Commons sits on the second floor of the Littlefield Building at the corner of Congress Avenue and Sixth Street — where the broad boulevard to the Capitol collides with the noisy sprawl of Austin’s nightlife district.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Rather than limiting revenue potential, these innovations can open new avenues for business.—
Selika Josiah Talbott,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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There are still many avenues for research on the direct benefits of celery and celery juice for human health.—
Hannah Coakley, MSPH, RDN,
Verywell Health,
21 Apr. 2025
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Officers with the Kansas City Police Department responded to the shooting at 75th Street and Paseo around 6 p.m., where Griffin’s green GMC Sierra pickup truck was stopped in the southbound lanes of the Paseo.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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The focus will be original production, advertising and client representation in a specific lane: the rapidly expanding medium of filmmakers advancing storytelling using AI in all platforms.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Cul-de-sac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cul-de-sac. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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