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What is a cul-de-sac?

What is a cul-de-sac? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A blind alley or dead end street.
  2. A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.
  3. An impasse.
  4. (medicine) A sack-like cavity, a tube open at one end only.
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They seemed to be stuck in a electoral cul-de-sac and appeared to be going nowhere.
A new road would provide access to traffic from High Road, with the cul-de-sac encircling 66 of the properties.
His anatomy of the human condition, however, is not the political and moral cul-de-sac it purports to be.
More troubling are the forces that trap many of these workers in a career cul-de-sac.
The shop was in Churchill Road, a cul-de-sac right at the top of the High Street on the left hand side.
There would be basement parking for 90 cars with vehicular access from a new cul-de-sac off New Street.

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