traffic circle

noun

Examples of traffic circle in a Sentence

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After navigating through a traffic circle, a road on the right leads to the parking booths and the lot. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025 These and other devastating accidents speak to the critical and urgent improvements needed at that traffic circle, as well as but not limited to the intersection of Summer Creek Dr. and Risinger Rd., or ensuring improved road maintenance in Como. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025 In nearby Cambridge, a traffic circle called Dawes Island features a trail of bronze hoofprints commemorating the ride. Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025 Webb recalled that the Denver Fire Department refused to allow the converted Flour Mill Lofts to open because the traffic circle in front was too tight for the turning radius of a fire truck. Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for traffic circle

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of traffic circle was in 1914

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“Traffic circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20circle. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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