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
Many new residents will likely aggravate current practices of illegally parking in front of fire hydrants, in handicapped zones, blocking alley entrances and corner tow zones that are essential for the passage of school buses and emergency vehicles.
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Steve Weinshel, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
The Land Park alley meant different things to different people.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
Snag a seat on its charming alley patio, or in the cozy dining room, order a craft cocktail or beer, and get ready to be impressed.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The Royal Check Wine Cooler is right up your alley then, for $40 dollars off.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 July 2025
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Steve Weinshel, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
The Land Park alley meant different things to different people.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
Snag a seat on its charming alley patio, or in the cozy dining room, order a craft cocktail or beer, and get ready to be impressed.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The Royal Check Wine Cooler is right up your alley then, for $40 dollars off.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alley
Noun
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The various city or state or MTA (or combined) intervention efforts have been doing a very commendable job of finding our unfortunate neighbors on the streets or the subways who are acting in ways that are dangerous to themselves or others.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug. 2025
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The most clever and engaging street signs are posted on Instagram, TikTok, and Yelp, significantly expanding reach at no extra cost.—
Michelle Greenwald,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And because of the powertrain’s development, the engineers on the Formula E team can now feed data back to the road car programme in Nissan’s Japan headquarters.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Bus riders bake on unsheltered streets and homeless people seek refuge under highway overpasses.—
Sam Bloch
August 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
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Police found some helpful clues in a heap of trash that was tossed into the last bit of forest off of the highway between Antwerp and Brussels.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Alley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alley. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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