Main Street

noun

Definition of Main Streetnext
as in side street

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Recent Examples of Main Street The family of four lived in a room behind their parents’ bar and liquor store, Sanitary Cafe, on Main Street, The New York Times reported. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 After the chaos, Downtown Lee’s Summit Main Street, the group that put on the event, canceled future Downtown Days events. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026 Homeownership for Main Street America Limits large institutional investors’ ability to buy single-family properties. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 13 July 2026 Lawrence looks like Main Street perfection — a vibrant haven of craft breweries, indie bookstores and historic hotels. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for Main Street
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Main Street
  1. side street
  2. high street
  3. secondary road
  4. side road
Noun
  • But when renovating an 18th-century apartment on a side street in the Marais, architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard boldly undid a number of alterations to the home over the years.
    — Felix Wagner, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026
  • The second car drives onto a side street, stays there for just under two minutes, with the driver even getting out for a few seconds, before taking off.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Definition of side street
Noun
  • Unsurprisingly, other luxury brands and high street retailers quickly followed suit.
    — Sarah Leigh Bannerman, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
  • The Escape Game The modern high street has spent years searching for a convincing reason to make people stay longer.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Definition of high street
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
Definition of secondary road
Noun
  • Video from the scene showed investigators methodically walking across freeway lanes looking for evidence as a river of morning commuters moved around the closure on side roads before getting back on the freeway.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Residents feared those small streets would become side roads for drivers looking to avoid traffic on Mallard Creek Road.
    — Desiree Mathurin April 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of side road

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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Main%20Street. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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