Synonyms of boulevard
Examples of boulevard in a Sentence
the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards
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One was about three and a half miles away from the boulevard, and another was about eight miles away.
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
Today, fountains can be found across KC’s courtyards, plazas and boulevards in all shapes and sizes.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Extending the boulevard toward West Summit Avenue would give residents a new way to travel, which could lessen traffic in the congested area where I-77 connects with I-277, Woliansky said.
—Desiree Mathurin
april 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
The venue was the sprawling Serena Hotel, an oasis within what is already a bubble provided by Islamabad, a leafy city of broad boulevards that feels detached from the rest of Pakistan, an often chaotic country of 240 million people.
—Saeed Shah, Time, 13 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
Today, fountains can be found across KC’s courtyards, plazas and boulevards in all shapes and sizes.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Extending the boulevard toward West Summit Avenue would give residents a new way to travel, which could lessen traffic in the congested area where I-77 connects with I-277, Woliansky said.
—Desiree Mathurin
april 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
The venue was the sprawling Serena Hotel, an oasis within what is already a bubble provided by Islamabad, a leafy city of broad boulevards that feels detached from the rest of Pakistan, an often chaotic country of 240 million people.
—Saeed Shah, Time, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Boulevard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulevard. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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boulevard
noun
bou·le·vard
ˈbu̇l-ə-ˌvärd 
ˈbül-
: a wide avenue often having grass strips with trees along its center or sides
Etymology
from French boulevard "walkway lined with trees," derived from early Dutch bolwerc "bulwark, rampart"; so called because the earliest boulevards were at sites of razed fortifications — related to bulwark
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