as in street
a narrow passage between buildings
One can spend days exploring all the alleys and backstreets of the old city.
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Recent Examples of alley
Medford Police Department Officer Logan Boyd approaches Aaron Friar's home and sees a visible blood trail from the front door to a back gate that leads to an alley.
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Megan Kelly Brown, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
Those dollars were supposed to go toward tree removal and building sidewalks, curbs and an alley.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
The event includes live entertainment, a DJ, food trucks, a kids zone, workshops, exhibits, an artists alley and dozens of green vendors with information and resources on being environmentally friendly.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Detectives, tactical officers and other police personnel clustered on the sidewalk in front of the hotel, while others walked the service alley in the back of the building.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
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Megan Kelly Brown, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
Those dollars were supposed to go toward tree removal and building sidewalks, curbs and an alley.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
The event includes live entertainment, a DJ, food trucks, a kids zone, workshops, exhibits, an artists alley and dozens of green vendors with information and resources on being environmentally friendly.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Detectives, tactical officers and other police personnel clustered on the sidewalk in front of the hotel, while others walked the service alley in the back of the building.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alley
Noun
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The strict separations of the Jim Crow economy are illustrated in perhaps the most striking shot in the movie, when a young Chinese American woman, Lisa Chow, crosses the street to speak with her mother in their whites-only shop.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
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Groups will be marching on streets, rallying in communities, protesting on the local level at congressional offices, hanging banners and staging walk-ins in front of schools.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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From Stagecoach, the California native will head to Las Vegas with his current road band — guitarist Joe Satriani, drummer Kenny Aronoff and former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony — to launch a residency at the Park MGM casino.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Illinois Department of Transportation owns the road and any changes would require its approval.—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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Here's what traffic is looking like today on Kansas 10 highway between Kansas City and Lawrence.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
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Fewer vehicles on our roads also lessen the need for costly and harmful highway expansions, which consistently fail to reduce traffic.—
Jill Locantore,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Alley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alley. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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