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 large mural went up in the town’s new post office shortly after the building was constructed in 1939 and still stands there off Main Street today.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
Located at the end of Main Street, the shop offers excellent specialty coffees as well as a simple cup of joe.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
The affected roads will be the block of Park Avenue between 153rd Street and 154th Street, and the block of Main Street between 153rd Street and Park Avenue.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
There are also plans to replace the Naugatuck Avenue Bridge over the Metro-North Railroad in Milford and the Metro-North Railroad Bridge over East Main Street in Stratford, which will be at the same time as the Devon Bridge.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
Located at the end of Main Street, the shop offers excellent specialty coffees as well as a simple cup of joe.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
The affected roads will be the block of Park Avenue between 153rd Street and 154th Street, and the block of Main Street between 153rd Street and Park Avenue.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
There are also plans to replace the Naugatuck Avenue Bridge over the Metro-North Railroad in Milford and the Metro-North Railroad Bridge over East Main Street in Stratford, which will be at the same time as the Devon Bridge.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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