high street

noun

British
: a main or principal street

Examples of high street in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The company first tested the waters with its Pandora Brilliance collection on the British high street and following a successful launch, has since rolled the range out to the U.S., Canada, Australia, Mexico and Brazil. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 4 Mar. 2024 Speaking of the high street, cropped trenches from H&M, Zara, and & Other Stories are timeless with a twist—and deserve a top spot in your spring shopping cart. Laura Jackson, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024 The retailer, which grew from a single shop in 1976 to become one of the most recognizable retailers on the British high street with hundreds of stores in the United Kingdom and beyond, is known as an early champion of ethical practices in business. Sylvia Hui, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024 Most of the omnipresent chains that clutter Britain’s dwindling high streets are tolerated at best, or maligned at worst. Rory Smith, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023 Figuring out how to bring the flagship experience to main street / high streets everywhere is the biggest challenge around omnichannel store redesign. Nikki Baird, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 With every brand lining up to dress the actor and orchestrate their own Rihanna-esque maternity style moment, Waterhouse threw a curveball by shopping the high street for the Fashion Awards 2023. Alice Newbold, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2023 People are now more open to showing skin, embracing bolder fashion choices, and blending high street fashion with high-end and vintage pieces. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023 This epidemic of crime puts an additional strain on traditional high street retailers already struggling to cope with the cost of maintaining brick-and-mortar stores versus leaner e-commerce competitors like Amazon that market goods online. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of high street was before the 12th century

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“High street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20street. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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