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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FanDuel Sports Network is operated by Main Street Sports Group.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
The bakery, which opened in 2017, is also on Main Street.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025
The most imposing building on Main Street is a gun shop called Chandler’s Firearms Estates, on the corner of East Church Street.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
The dilapidated plant sits on two parcels totalling about 8 acres adjacent to the North Main Street bridge.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
The bakery, which opened in 2017, is also on Main Street.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025
The most imposing building on Main Street is a gun shop called Chandler’s Firearms Estates, on the corner of East Church Street.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
The dilapidated plant sits on two parcels totalling about 8 acres adjacent to the North Main Street bridge.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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