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Definition of high street
British
: a main or principal street
Examples of high street in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Yet a stroll down its high street reveals a tonsorial revolution deep in the heart of Britain.
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The Economist, "Turkish delight Why Turkish barbers are taking over Britain’s high streets," 18 Jan. 2020 Last week was likely a slow one in malls and on high streets with the pending election and heavy rain.
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Washington Post, "Boris Bounce Won’t Save Christmas for British Retailers," 16 Dec. 2019 These adjustments mostly reflected the large one-off costs needed to transform itself from a high street retailer into a modern digital business and hotel operator.
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Chris Bryant | Bloomberg, Washington Post, "At Last, a British Auditor Actually Does Its Job," 18 Feb. 2019 Accepting Ashley’s loan wouldn’t have changed conditions on the high street.
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Washington Post, "When a Billionaire Offers $50 Million, Take It," 27 Sep. 2019 Television crews have become a common feature along the high street.
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Samuel Earle, The New Republic, "The White Cliffs of Brexit," 22 Oct. 2019 Back past the man and woman in their gardens, past the high street, past the groundskeeper .
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, "Video Games Are Better Without Game-Play," 22 Oct. 2019 Last year this created a sales boom for bikinis and bronzing powder that has the high street salivating this time around.
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Washington Post, "Addicted to Love Island? It’s a Retail Fantasy," 19 Sep. 2019 The global financial crisis sparked the first wave of U.K. high street store closures.
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Washington Post, "William Hill Leaves Britain’s High Streets Empty: Andrea Felsted," 18 Sep. 2019
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The first known use of high street was before the 12th century
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