Main Street

noun

Definition of Main Streetnext
as in side street

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Recent Examples of Main Street The 2nd District covers the downtown and commercial corridors of Main Street and the oldest sections of Roseville, including the the Hillcrest, Sierra Gardens, Cresthaven and Roseville Heights neighborhoods. — Nicole Buss october 8, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Outside of Project Main Street, Project Downtown identified four other major projects including improvements to Prince Street, Alamo Avenue, Nevada Street and Little's Creek Trail. — Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 This three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath house sat just off lively Main Street in Beacon, a town of about 15,000 people on the Hudson River. — Gabe Castro-Root, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026 The lease also requires the new operator to continue supporting the Sunday Main Street Farmers Market, which uses the property’s parking lot. — Ella Chakarian, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 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
  • Specials Pizza now open in Starland district Specials Pizza opened in September on a quiet side street in Savannah’s Starland district along the Bull Street corridor just north of Victory Drive.
    — Bill Dawers, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • That same morning on a snowy side street in Minneapolis, an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of side street
Noun
  • The neighborhood The hotel's historical ties to Waverley Station—a hub for those coming and going from Edinburgh—make this hotel a vital part of Princes Street, the high street of the Scottish capital.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Travel retail is no longer a price-value proposition that competes just with the high street, but also with platforms such as Amazon, Rakuten and Tmall around the globe.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of high street
Noun
  • On secondary roads like Kuwohi, buses, motorhomes, vans longer than 25 feet, and passenger vehicles towing trailers are prohibited.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Icy spots could form on paved surfaces such as bridges and overpasses, primary and secondary roads, parking lots, sidewalks and driveways.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Feb. 2026
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 12 Oct. 2026.

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