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 Consider, for instance, a crossroads of two busy streets, with a few alleys and parking lots adding to the list of potential dangers. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026 And speaking of driver assist, there’s a feature called Memory Reversing Assist that remembers the vehicle’s path and can automatically guide it backward out of narrow alleys or parking spots. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2026 There, sprinklers sprayed water across the track ensuring that our route, a coned course with tight, tricky curves and acceleration alleys, would challenge me at every turn. — Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Other perks of downtown living include morning strolls by the river, biking on the weekends, and impromptu basketball games in the alley next to their building. — Kelly Ryan Kegans, Midwest Living, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alley

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Noun

An Arkansas State Police trooper was captured on dashcam footage yanking the passenger of a vehicle by his hair and punching him in the face after a high-speed chase that ended in the streets of Blytheville.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2026
There’s no denying that the fall 2026 runways made a strong case for color; even the street style scene is on board, slipping into colorful shoes and sporting handbags in a variety of vibrant shades—baby pink, chartreuse, and cobalt.

— Laura Jackson, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

AVs can cause safety issues, especially during inclement weather, blackouts and on roads where there's construction or unusual traffic.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Thus the oceanic feeling might be the royal road to establishing a museum of affiliations, rather than the old colonialist museum of conquests.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of road

Noun

While crews were at the scene, a separate crash occurred on the eastbound side of the highway when a driver slowed down to look at the wreck, according to Peck.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
Minneapolis has long been a civic-minded metropolis, where even the choice of vegetation on highway medians can become the subject of extended public debate, in a state with a history of protest going back to the nineteenth century.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026