Thesaurus results for CUL-DE-SACS

cul-de-sacs

noun

variants also culs-de-sac

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 cul-de-sacs Without a line in the hills, the fire ran downslope and jumped to homes—unchecked through the cul-de-sacs below. — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 Some cul-de-sacs and small side streets remained salted but unplowed, according to the city's site. — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2026 Spotted these days on everything from quiet cul-de-sacs to bustling main streets, golf carts are no longer just for the fairway. — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Plans call for turning the median strips into cul-de-sacs, and that’s a start at easing the crossing. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026 Board member Mohammad Iqbal at the time said the ordinance was not in its final form, echoing the concerns about short-term rentals being allowed on cul-de-sacs, among other issues. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026 Crews start with primary streets, which are exterior major roads and main drives in subdivisions, then move to secondary streets, which are smaller streets in subdivisions and lastly alternative roadways, such as cul-de-sacs, are cleared. — Jake Allen, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026 The response to this development — of Wall Street buying Main Street, or at least some of its cul-de-sacs — has been bipartisan, populist and patriotic condemnation. — Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Rodríguez denied those claims, saying some remote areas were difficult to reach because roads were blocked by landslides and debris, forcing authorities to rely on motorcycles, drones and satellite imagery.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
The roads can become extremely dangerous during this period because of fog, smoke, black ice and poor visibility.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of roads

Noun

There was also a huge security perimeter, with major thoroughfares around MSG closed off to cars and pedestrians.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2026
The unearthed quarters included north-south thoroughfares intersected by east-west streets, forming open squares and public spaces, said Hisham el-Leithy, secretary general of the supreme council of antiquities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

Definition of thoroughfares

Noun

Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the museum offers a patriotic lens into how the canals, highways, railroads and mines that stitched this country together were built by machines born in American factories.

— Malika Bowling, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of highways

Noun

Prolonged heavy rain will result in ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and minor flooding of creeks and streams.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026
Owings added that a traffic study was completed and there won’t be an impact on nearby roadways.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026

Definition of roadways

Noun

This is not Copenhagen, which has wide boulevards where vehicles and bikes can be easily separated.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
English soccer fans have earned a reputation for violent hooliganism, hurling plastic chairs and brawling their way across the piazzas and boulevards of Europe.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 3 July 2026

Definition of boulevards

Noun

The Dirty Beaches founder’s own saxophone and trumpet lead the players’ cut-and-pasted recordings down dark alleys of decay and introspection, backdropped by percussive bangs and scrapes that suggest the construction of some great, mysterious superstructure.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026
For a city break with cute alleys, cafes, and cobblestone streets, head to Montreal in Canada's French-speaking region of Quebec.

— Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026

Definition of alleys

Noun

The victim, 37-year-old Jose Alfredo Aguilar Candela, died in the side yard of a residence near Travis and West Baltimore avenues on the evening of July 1, according to medical examiner’s records.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
Through public-private partnerships, NASA has joined in the effort to open new avenues for tourism and scientific research.

— Adam Stone, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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