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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Walt Disney’s original vision was all-American, right down to the flags along Main Street USA, and the company now exports Americana all around the world.
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Friday-Saturday, Fifth Street (starting at Main Street and ending on Columbia Parkway), Downtown.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2025
A week later, the Apple Harvest Festival brings more spirit to Main Street.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
Just down the road from the site of James Marshall’s gold discovery in Coloma — the moment that sparked the Gold Rush and, eventually, California’s statehood 175 years ago this month — it’s still found at the Buttercup Pantry, on Placerville’s Main Street less than 10 miles away.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Friday-Saturday, Fifth Street (starting at Main Street and ending on Columbia Parkway), Downtown.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2025
A week later, the Apple Harvest Festival brings more spirit to Main Street.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
Just down the road from the site of James Marshall’s gold discovery in Coloma — the moment that sparked the Gold Rush and, eventually, California’s statehood 175 years ago this month — it’s still found at the Buttercup Pantry, on Placerville’s Main Street less than 10 miles away.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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