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Recent Examples of rotary
These are seen on the drive mode rotary dial and other roller controls, as well as the gear selector.
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Karl Brauer, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Consider joining or getting more heavily involved in an organization – rotary, garden club, biker gang, whatever suits your fancy.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2024
The flags were taken from the rotary at the center of Carlisle near the intersection of Lowell Street, Bedford Road and Westford Road, the Carlisle Police Department said in a news release Friday.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Every year, crews driving snow plows with giant rotary blades clear the two roads, facing massive snow drifts and avalanche risks.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
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Karl Brauer, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Consider joining or getting more heavily involved in an organization – rotary, garden club, biker gang, whatever suits your fancy.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2024
The flags were taken from the rotary at the center of Carlisle near the intersection of Lowell Street, Bedford Road and Westford Road, the Carlisle Police Department said in a news release Friday.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Every year, crews driving snow plows with giant rotary blades clear the two roads, facing massive snow drifts and avalanche risks.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotary
Noun
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The project includes expansion from two to four travel lanes and adding a center median and approximately 27 roundabouts.—
Doug Thompson,
arkansasonline.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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For instance, there are no traffic lights and only one roundabout.—
Geoff Whitmore,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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In retaliation for a tribal revolt in Libya in August 2015, ISIS fighters killed dozens of members of the tribe, crucifying several of them in a traffic circle—a punishment familiar to anyone following the group’s parade of horrors in Iraq and Syria.—
Daniel Byman,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2016
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The protests on Monday night appeared to have been sparked after footage, verified by NBC News, showed hooded figures setting fire to the tree at a traffic circle in the Christian-majority town of Al-Suqalabiyah near the city of Hama in central Syria on Monday.—
Ammar Cheikh Omar,
NBC News,
24 Dec. 2024
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The National Retail Federation, one of the bill’s biggest champions, says interchange fees are the highest operating cost after labor for most retailers.—
Taylor Giorno,
The Hill,
2 Jan. 2025
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State Route 16 Resurfacing from 21st Street Description: Resurfacing and related work on Route 16 from 21st Street to Dayton Road and Route 79 from Heath corp. line to Route 16 interchange.—
Jason Rossi,
The Enquirer,
1 Jan. 2025
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While the old cloverleaf interchange may look simpler, the new DDI design will improve traffic flow onto the interstate and increase safety around the area, particularly pedestrian safety, according to WisDOT's informational video.—
Claudia Levens,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Nov. 2024
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In America, horror is a cloverleaf: at once a bound reality and a recurring spectacle, shared and remixed online, appropriated and made a fool of by soulless pundits on Fox News.—
Jason Parham,
WIRED,
28 May 2022
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The researchers acquired these bits from four individuals and cut out circles one or two millimeters across for genetic sequencing.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Jan. 2025
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The circles and squares on the timeline reflect the number of 15-second clips or online news articles mentioning DeSantis per week.—
Susan Merriam,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Rotary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotary. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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