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Examples of speed bump in a Sentence
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Aeroplane sims don’t require very high frequency inputs (unless the flight is going very wrong indeed), but cars encounter speed bumps, rumble strips, sawtooth kerbs, cat’s eyes, and so on.
—Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 May 2024
All the while, her mother insists that a positive attitude is more important than any minor speed bump like your parents and grandmother moving in with you or a house that now smells constantly of medicinal weed.
—Olivia Waite, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Too often, inexperienced teams of drug researchers see quality-control strategies as little more than costly speed bumps on the go-to-market roadway.
—Sue Marchant, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The company’s troubles are another sign of the headwinds and speed bumps for the burgeoning EV industry.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
How do David’s eggs survive the speed bumps when pulling his car up to the country club?
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2024
Neighborhood speed bumps are both harsh on impact and then poorly damped on rebound, when the compressed rear suspension springs back like a pogo stick after landing on the other side of the bump.
—Dan Carney, Popular Science, 1 Feb. 2024
The Huskies cruised on the way to an 82-52 speed bump of a win on the night big boys North Carolina and Arizona tumbled.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
Crowley's administration has also invested in street safety improvements across five municipalities in Milwaukee County, including portable speed bumps, temporary traffic circles, curb extensions and security cameras.
—Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1972, in the meaning defined above
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“Speed bump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speed%20bump. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
speed bump
noun
: a low raised ridge across a roadway (as in a parking lot) to limit vehicle speed
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