Thesaurus results for ARTERIES

arteries

noun

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plural of artery

as in highways

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel there's an accident on the main artery into town, so I'll be late

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Recent Examples of arteries After just four weeks of high sodium intake, the small arteries responsible for regulating blood flow lost their ability to relax, according to a press release. —

Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Larger holes, however, can damage the heart and lungs and lead to complications including heart failure, irregular heartbeat, stroke and pulmonary hypertension, which is when someone has high blood pressure in their lung arteries. —

Adam England, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026 The Strait of Hormuz is one of the global economy’s major arteries. —

April 17, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026 The brand’s first Australian outpost is set on Oxford Street—with its longstanding tangle of nightlife, queerness, rebellion, theater, politics, and fashion—which has long served as one of the city’s great cultural arteries. —

Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026 The coldness of the water constricts arteries, requiring the heart to work harder than normal to function. —

Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026 For decades researchers thought neurons called baroreceptors in arteries controlled this process by signaling the sudden drop in blood pressure to the brain, which then issues orders to constrict blood vessels. —

Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026 Roads were nearly empty, checkpoints were set up at major arteries and a two-day public holiday kept residents indoors. —

Nbc News, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026 Over time, this extra pressure can damage your arteries and increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney problems, and more. —

Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2026

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Noun

The redesign, mandated by the City Council in a 2023 law, adds 43 miles to the city’s 1970s-era network of truck routes — and in so doing, officials hope, streamlines access to highways and industry.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
The highways, commerce and population have changed our environment — and often, not for the better.

— Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026