as in high road
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Recent Examples of dual carriageway
Birmingham’s city council plans to cut street parking and is considering carving bike lanes out of dual carriageway roads.
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The Economist, 23 May 2020
The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
—Fox News, 16 July 2018
The Economist, 23 May 2020
The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
—Fox News, 16 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dual carriageway
Noun
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Getting Around Oslo With high road tolls and expensive, hard-to-find parking, driving in Oslo can quickly become a hassle, putting a damper on your weekend.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
10 Oct. 2024
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The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.—
Allie Volpe,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Or rivers like the Skykomish that flow into the Puget Sound, which used to be salmon superhighways but are now closed to sportfishing some years due to abysmal returns.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
15 May 2025
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The nerve is like a superhighway, connecting the brain to other organs such as the heart, lungs, and digestive system.—
Paul McClure
May 22,
New Atlas,
22 May 2025
Noun
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In addition to passing through different parts of the city, the route led them through suburban regions within London's M25 ring road.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Apr. 2025
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The London Orbital Motorway, or the M25, is a vast ring road that runs in a shaggy circle around the outer edges of the capital.—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2025
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The infrastructure is reasonable, but much of the route takes you alongside motorways.—
Craig Martin,
Outside Online,
8 May 2025
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But driving 200 miles on motorways, backroads, and through towns and cities, saw 2.7mi/kWh at best, and this was during warmer weather.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Stately homes line streets, and small businesses dot the downtown.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
26 May 2025
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Trump arrived by Marine One helicopter as more than 100 protesters at the Trump National Golf Club crowded along the edge of the parking lot along the street.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Among the improvements will be the widening of the road to accommodate dual right-turn lanes onto the interstate, a wrong-way-driver detection system and upgrading traffic signals, said transportation spokesman Guillermo Canedo.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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Massey stayed on the run for more than two weeks before authorities found him on an interstate in east New Orleans.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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Minors who seek judicial bypass are represented by the Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2025
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Realistic impersonations enable fraud and bypass authentication.—
Mala Ramakrishnan,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Several cyclists have been killed over the years along the causeway when motorists crossed into the bike lanes.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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The bay, around the first bend from the lodge, is separated from the main lake by a railroad causeway built of ballast.—
Don Shiner,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Dual carriageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual%20carriageway. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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