Main Street

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Recent Examples of Main Street Senator Ed Markey, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, sent a letter last week to the Small Business Administration (SBA) calling on the Trump administration to grant tariff exemptions to Main Street enterprises. Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 1 May 2025 Officers were called to Main Street near Sandy Lane about 11 p.m. and found the pedestrian with heavy trauma down in the roadway, according to a statement from City of Oakley spokesperson Danielle Navarro. Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025 Video retrieved from nearby Main Street businesses Café Artista and Moscow Bagel & Deli helped fill in the gap, prosecutors said. Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 28 Apr. 2025 The incident took place on March 12 in the parking lot of the DMV on North Main Street. Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Main Street
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Main Street
Noun
  • From her vantage point, Maria watches as nearby buildings are overtaken by infected and as her husband targets the bloater, luring him into an empty side street.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Set a little back on a funky side street, the gallery had uneven floors and the walls were weathered, crumbling, and beautiful.
    Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Leading companies are already making this transition—for instance, one of our clients, a global accounting contractor firm, successfully modernized its payment infrastructure to handle over 100 currencies efficiently after outgrowing its traditional high street banking solutions.
    Rupert Lee-Browne, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • At a time when high street chains strive to be all things to all people—offering everything from coffee to tote bags alongside their core products—Buns From Home has taken a refreshingly singular approach.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Parker said most highways are in decent shape, and road crews will focus on frontage and secondary roads.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 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
  • The side roads will be closed as well, plus there will be additional vehicle barricades and checkpoints throughout the Quarter.
    Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Troopers later located the BMW on the side roads in Fairfield and were able to follow the vehicle from a distance.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Main%20Street. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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