Main Street

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Recent Examples of Main Street Take a stroll downtown to spot miniature pumpkins dangling from the oaks along Main Street, or meander down smaller streets to find oversized skeletons by the sidewalks and witches’ hats strung overhead. Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025 After the game, people gathered near the city's Main Street, where shots were fired, Lee said. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025 The deadliest of the three incidents occurred around midnight Friday in the Mississippi Delta town of Leland, where six people were killed and others were injured as a large crowd celebrated homecoming weekend on Main Street. Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 Under its banner, protesters marched through Main Street demanding a ceasefire following Israel’s relentless bombing of Gaza after Hamas killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages on October 7, 2023. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Main Street
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Main Street
Noun
  • The room features large windows facing the quiet side street and wood-slat ceilings that reveal the building’s raw space.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The Milford store is less likely to snarl traffic, though, since it's located about 4 miles east of downtown Milford off State Route 28, sharing a spacious lot and side street with a new Aldi store.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Now the Royal Ballet is joining in on the fun with a collaboration with Reiss, the British high street retailer.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Large scale sign for the high street clothes and clothing brand H&M on 4th August 2025 in London, United Kingdom.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Thousands of miles of secondary roads are still paved this way today.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • How fast a vehicle can go from zero to 60 miles per hour is a bragging point for manufacturers trying to sell vehicles Motorists who access State Route 109, often from side roads from a growing number of home developments in Lebanon and Wilson County, are also taking note.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • The driver is king: one hand on the wheel, eyes on the horizon, free to turn down that dusty side road on a whim.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025

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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Main%20Street. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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