Main Street

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Recent Examples of Main Street In the days following the incident, the Maple Shade community supported Xavier by lighting up its Main Street with blue, his team’s color. Francie Ebert, NBC news, 1 June 2026 The renovation is one of the most ambitious in the nearly 70-year history of the Main Street location and is the largest since a major, $40-plus million renovation and expansion beginning in the late 1990s. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026 Among the difficult but necessary changes was the sale of the Zephyr’s building, a one-time train depot on Main Street that subsequently became home to a charter school. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026 The parking garage will be accessible through the hotel entrance on North Main Street, and will be branded with images of cowboys and other Western motifs, according to renderings submitted to the city. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for Main Street
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Main Street
Noun
  • But take a left down a side street and the hotel’s unassuming entrance awaits.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Accessed via a discreet entrance on the quieter side street Rue Einésy, the spa is all softness and seclusion, with low lighting and calm colors.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Since a simple T-shirt on the high street can cost between $12 and $20, a single T-shirt sold at retail can bring in enough revenue for a major brand to buy nearly a kilogram of them at factory-floor prices.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
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
  • 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

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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Main%20Street. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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