as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
one of the main arterials connecting the airport with the city
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Recent Examples of arterial
But much of its route runs along East Washington, an arterial managed by Wisconsin, and the state transportation department prevented Madison from making the entire BRT lane bus-only during rush hour.
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David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
In San Antonio, for instance, the city negotiated for years with the Texas DOT to add sidewalks and bike lanes to Broadway, a state arterial with seven lanes.
—David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
The second- and third-most impactful factors were wolf predation and parasitism by carotid arterial worms (E. schneideri).
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
In this innovative field, IVL represents a significant leap forward for coronary and peripheral arterial disease.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
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David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
In San Antonio, for instance, the city negotiated for years with the Texas DOT to add sidewalks and bike lanes to Broadway, a state arterial with seven lanes.
—David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
The second- and third-most impactful factors were wolf predation and parasitism by carotid arterial worms (E. schneideri).
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
In this innovative field, IVL represents a significant leap forward for coronary and peripheral arterial disease.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arterial
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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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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Where are evacuations and which roads have been closed?—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The proposal would not only include metered parking along Bardstown and Baxter, but also several side streets off the thoroughfare.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
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In New York City, heavy rains halted traffic along a major east-west thoroughfare in Queens, east of Manhattan.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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Meanwhile, eerie creatures lurk in the city streets, waiting.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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The ordered swirl of houses and streets, from this high angle, sprang at her now with the same unexpected, astonishing clarity as the circuit card had.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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The model is being trained to recognize acoustic signatures of calcification— a condition where soft tissue in the arteries hardens into bone-like material, often with no previous symptoms.—
Carla Mendez,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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Common blood thinners include warfarin, heparin, apixaban, rivaroxaban and dabigatran. Clots in arteries are usually treated with antiplatelet agents such as aspirin or clopidogrel, says Chan.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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This weekend in metro Phoenix, drivers should plan for two ramp closures and one street closure associated with Valley freeway improvement projects, the Arizona Department of Transportation said.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Authorities are expecting heavy traffic along the detour route due to the freeway closure.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For the the Lynx system replaced by Scout vans, buses will stop running routes on Jan. 10.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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Go the safer route with easy heatless curlers like this affordable set from Kitsch.—
Jackie Cucco,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Aug. 2025
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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At least two cars that had been submerged on the expressway were pulled from the floodwaters, a law enforcement official told CNN.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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“Arterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arterial. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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