DUAL CARRIAGEWAY Synonyms: 55 Similar Words

dual carriageway

noun

Definition of dual carriageway

chiefly British

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. — 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

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Noun

Bolanle rises above it all, taking the moral high road every time.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026

Definition of high road

Noun

Our strategic position between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi watershed set our course as a commerce superhighway, with the Chicago Portage connecting two vast trading routes between the Atlantic and the Gulf.

— Alaina Harkness, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Mycorrhizal fungi direct traffic through nutrient superhighways and restructure the soil to support life across entire ecosystems.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of superhighway

Noun

The global flight tracking service provider Flightradar24 on Friday said the plane crashed into the CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, which rises more than 1,700 feet (528 meters), just east of a major ring road in a cluster of skyscrapers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 June 2026
Authorities also said a crowd briefly blocked the main ring road surrounding the city before police dispersed the gathering.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026

Definition of ring road

Noun

And, of course, there won’t be many people who want to defend someone in that position — or, indeed, listen to any hard-luck stories — now the details have been outlined in court about his motorway rampage.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Germany and Italy expanded motorway networks—the Autobahn and the autostrada—laying the foundations for the automobile’s privileged position in this modernity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of motorway

Noun

Investors are closely watching the government's next moves in a highly indebted country where street anger has often been tamed with more state spending.

— Makini Brice, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
Within one of those havens, Ellora, lives Pavi, a 10-year-old street kid with no memory of anything beyond the past three years.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Tanaka was driving a black Chevrolet Equinox when a woman driving a black BMW passed him on the interstate, according to the affidavit.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
From the interstate to the eastern suburbs, Citrus Heights’ city council hopefuls are focused on Sunrise Mall.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of interstate

Noun

Per police in Stafford Township, New Jersey, the Route 72 causeway into Long Beach Island has been closed to non-essential personnel.

— Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
The penthouses at the Pagani Residences, which is under construction in the causeway town of North Bay Village, come with a special edition Pagani hypercar worth around $3 million.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

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