arterial

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Recent Examples of arterial Tensor will not be able to drive every street upon release, but plans to handle a worthwhile subset, such as highways and arterials in non-snowy places. Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Clots can form in either arteries (arterial thrombosis) or veins (venous thromboembolism, or VTE). Daryl Austin, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025 Original concepts showed the construction of a dedicated bike lane and sidewalk on each side of an arterial, and behind both curbs with a grass buffer. Mason Rouser, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for arterial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arterial
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Road closures and flooding of vehicles will be possible, most notably along NC 12 where ocean overwash may make several portions of the highway inaccessible across Ocracoke Island.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His hobbies include reading, listening to music and going on long, winding adventures on his road bike.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Winding roads eventually lead to Hotel Corazón, a former finca — a country estate — growing produce on its cantilevered farmland that has been transformed by two expat artists into a boho chic retreat.
    Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Yards Plaza lot is off the major thoroughfare of 47th Street near schools and a Home Depot.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • How to Get There Visitors arriving by car will find the village conveniently located near major thoroughfares such as I-287 and the Saw Mill River Parkway.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hatton’s funeral took place in Hyde last Friday, with thousands lining the streets and former boxers Tyson Fury, Tony Bellew, Frank Bruno and Amir Khan among those in attendance.
    Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In Stomp the Yard, Columbus Short stars as DJ Williams, a gifted street dancer who enrolls at a fictional HBCU to start fresh after personal tragedy.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Coiling is a procedure used to block blood flow to the aneurysm, which is a weakened or bulging artery wall, John Hopkins Medicine explains.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Pecans are an undeniably vital artery of the town’s culture.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In May, the vehicle lost power on the freeway and has been in the shop ever since.
    Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Arriving at freeway speeds is surprisingly quick considering the vehicle’s size and its nearly 6,000-pound gross weight.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Desert View Drive, a 25-mile scenic route along Arizona Highway 64, is a low-key wonder that rewards those willing to wander slightly off the park’s busiest paths.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The father and son had allegedly been walking along the path of Les Feixades, which is a popular hiking route that families take daily, when the tragedy occurred, per the outlet.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On the morning of Islam’s funeral, the streets of Parkchester, a neighborhood of brick row houses and big-box stores, were blocked off on both sides of the expressway.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The upper deck is designed to carry a six-lane expressway, while the lower deck will accommodate a two-track high-speed railway and two metro tracks.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Arterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arterial. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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