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 1,100-seat theater stands in the heart of downtown Sarasota, just steps from Main Street’s restaurants, galleries, and shops.
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Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
By the mid-1980s, Dickens on Main Street and Light Up Louisville, the city's tree lighting ceremony, kicked off Christmas celebrations each year.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Dec. 2025
The card captured the east side of Main Street in the small Union County town.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Dec. 2025
In Mayodan, near the Virginia state line, a $50,000 prize was won on a ticket from the SK Mart on West Main Street.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Dec. 2025
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Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
By the mid-1980s, Dickens on Main Street and Light Up Louisville, the city's tree lighting ceremony, kicked off Christmas celebrations each year.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Dec. 2025
The card captured the east side of Main Street in the small Union County town.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Dec. 2025
In Mayodan, near the Virginia state line, a $50,000 prize was won on a ticket from the SK Mart on West Main Street.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Dec. 2025
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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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