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
The couple was found on Feb. 26 in separate rooms of their grand mansion, tucked at the end of a cul-de-sac in the gated community called the Santa Fe Summit.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
During this surgery, a surgeon removed endometriosis from my right diaphragm, colon, pelvic side walls, cul-de-sac, and uterosacral ligaments.
—Jenneh Rishe, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
The following season marked the debut of Knots Landing, which initially featured four families in the fictional Seaview Circle cul-de-sac, including the Wards - Houghton’s Kenny and Kim Lankford as his wife Ginger.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
The young Wards were one of the original four couples who lived on the show’s iconic cul-de-sac.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
During this surgery, a surgeon removed endometriosis from my right diaphragm, colon, pelvic side walls, cul-de-sac, and uterosacral ligaments.
—Jenneh Rishe, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
The following season marked the debut of Knots Landing, which initially featured four families in the fictional Seaview Circle cul-de-sac, including the Wards - Houghton’s Kenny and Kim Lankford as his wife Ginger.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
The young Wards were one of the original four couples who lived on the show’s iconic cul-de-sac.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cul-de-sac
Noun
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The back-bone contusion that prematurely ended his 2024-25 campaign after 30 games stemmed from a fall during a Mar. 19 road win vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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While officials were on the scene, a second victim reported a similar incident that occurred on a nearby road.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Nashville Public Library has unveiled an oral history of Music Row featuring the executives and industry insiders who know the iconic thoroughfare best.—
Nate Rau,
Axios,
25 Mar. 2025
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Located in a strip mall along the busy thoroughfare, the store had debuted in fall of 2020.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fires by San Diego highways show there’s a long way to go.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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The move to censure follows several comments Goldthorpe made on Facebook after the Senate passed two bills that would force highway districts to prioritize vehicle traffic and ban them from narrowing streets to under 50 feet wide.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2025
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Yet maintaining scenic Palos Verdes Drive South has become an increasingly costly, and practically constant, endeavor as the forces behind a relentless landslide continue to crack, shift and warp the two-lane roadway.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Mar. 2025
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The zone includes anything within a 30-mile radius of Beverly and La Cienega boulevards (the historic home of the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers), as well as certain other locations like Castaic, Pomona and the Ontario airport.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2025
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Spend the afternoon strolling the scenic Venice Canals, which were built in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney, and his eponymous boulevard, which has become a haven for designers local as well as far-flung.—
Sheila Yasmin Marikar,
AFAR Media,
19 Mar. 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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Trump's ambitions aren't far-fetched, according to an international relations expert who told ABC News that there are some avenues in which the U.S. could realistically acquire the autonomous Danish territory.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2025
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For Sriram, this new venture represents another avenue for creative exploration rather than a pivot away from his other work.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Signal chats bristled with resentment that the U.S. would safeguard shipping lanes that primarily serve European commerce with suggestions that Washington should make Europe pay to assure freedom of navigation in the Middle East.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2025
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In a climate overcrowded with tiresome discourse, these seven Black women are carving their own lanes by being unapologetically outspoken, insightful and honest—and doing it with flair.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Cul-de-sac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cul-de-sac. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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