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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The event will benefit Boys and Girls Club of Bristol and the Main Street Community Foundations’ Men’s and Boys and Women and Girls funds.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
That client was Erhardt, and the two were married just months later, according to Main Street Magazine.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 3 May 2025
And now nearly 60 years after his death, Disney will once again grace Main Street, whether or not audiences — or even some members of his family — are ready to greet him.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
The Boston Finance Commission found that the city’s Three Squares Main Street program may have misused federal grant funds issued to the city and recommended that City Hall continue to withhold funds from that particular initiative until an audit is conducted.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 1 May 2025
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
That client was Erhardt, and the two were married just months later, according to Main Street Magazine.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 3 May 2025
And now nearly 60 years after his death, Disney will once again grace Main Street, whether or not audiences — or even some members of his family — are ready to greet him.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
The Boston Finance Commission found that the city’s Three Squares Main Street program may have misused federal grant funds issued to the city and recommended that City Hall continue to withhold funds from that particular initiative until an audit is conducted.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 1 May 2025
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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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