Thesaurus results for ALLEY

alley

noun

Definition of alley

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 And, perhaps the most damning evidence was the information provided by Douglas Heim, who alleged that Heck approached him at a bowling alley shortly after killing Kahler and recruited him to help move and bury her body. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026 In a way, inspiring such a polarizing reaction seemed right down the McQueen alley. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026 Deep inside the labyrinthine alleys of Acre’s Old City – home to a 700-year-old Crusader fortress – Muhammad Hani could not order a takeaway pizza. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 The committee recommended legislation directing Kruschke to hire contractors to speed up the replacement of concrete panels on local roads and maintenance of alleys. — Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alley

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Noun

Watch Peter Rosenberg criticize Ye’s actions at the street renaming for the rapper’s mother below.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
In Doral, businesses reported a 70% drop in sales due to empty streets because of immigration raids.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

It’s been used to raise funds for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, a Minnesota woman caught using a racist slur on camera and to support Canadian truckers who blocked highways in protest of Covid restrictions.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
This section of the two-lane road has been carved directly into the red-quartzite cliffs of the Uncompahgre Gorge, and almost none of it has a shoulder; in some places, the highway is only twenty-three feet wide.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026