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 Last month, when video of a runaway piglet tearing down Hayworth Avenue and through the alleys near Canter’s Deli hit social media, the internet went nuts. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 Later, his father and uncle would initiate him into the masculine play worlds of Albany’s bars, poolrooms, and bowling alleys. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 And in August 2018, Braeden Bradforth, 19, was found unconscious in an alley outside his dormitory after the first day of football conditioning at Garden City Community College. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026 Residents are asked to bring their debris from alleys to the street for pickup. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alley

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Noun

Hundreds of people were getting killed every year at street-level crossings, and to quell the public outcry, the railroads scrambled to elevate freight tracks citywide at their own expense.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Before the terrible day was over firehouses, street corners and parks became mourning places.

— Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 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

Over the course of the holiday, just under a quarter of cars traveling on China’s highways were EVs — up 33% from a year earlier.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Russian outlet Izvestia reported on Sunday that Moscow is upgrading existing rail crossings and considering new highways to handle growing bilateral trade.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026