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causeway

[kawz-wey] / ˈkɔzˌweɪ /
NOUN
dike/dyke
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NOUN
embankment
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The result is a 2,700-foot causeway where ferries or civilian cargo ships could pull up.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 7, 2025

At the Auckland Outboard Boating Club, members were having a Wednesday-night drink when one of them noticed a Zodiac lying abandoned on the causeway.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2025

What was once Great Britain is now a quarantined island, cut off from the mainland and protected by an armed causeway that can only be accessed during low tide.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2025

The tide recedes every day for a few hours, long enough to walk across a narrow strip of causeway to the mainland.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2025

“Okay. We can take the causeway and stop in Mandeville.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Across the causeways and located directly on the beach, Untitled had even more to enjoy.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche.

From BBC Oct. 28, 2024

Television’s Memory Lane has as many versions as there are Atlanta streets named Peachtree, with only a few of those causeways seeing heavy traffic.

From Salon Oct. 13, 2023

Rescue missions were ongoing, especially to Florida’s barrier islands, which were cut off from the mainland when storm surges destroyed causeways and bridges.

From Seattle Times Oct. 2, 2022

Puzzlingly, the causeways and canals are not present in every area.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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