Main Street
noun
1
: the principal street of a small town
2
a
: the sections of a country centering about its small towns
b
: a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism
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Crenshaw shot Linzy Motton, 65, of Cotton Plant around 6:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Rush Street, authorities said, then fled to Main Street, where the officer encountered him.
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Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2025
The southbound detour north of the Paddock Avenue Bridge on Paddock Avenue is to head north, turn right onto East Main Street, turn right onto Research Parkway, turn right onto Murdock Avenue and then turn right onto Paddock Avenue.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
Independence Day parade at noon July 4 on Main Street, honoring the men and women who have made the country great.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
West First Street between Main Street and Houston Street will be closed, along with Burnett Street between West Sixth Street and West Seventh Street.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2025
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Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2025
The southbound detour north of the Paddock Avenue Bridge on Paddock Avenue is to head north, turn right onto East Main Street, turn right onto Research Parkway, turn right onto Murdock Avenue and then turn right onto Paddock Avenue.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
Independence Day parade at noon July 4 on Main Street, honoring the men and women who have made the country great.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
West First Street between Main Street and Houston Street will be closed, along with Burnett Street between West Sixth Street and West Seventh Street.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2025
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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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