as in highway
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 artery
Keep Cholesterol in Check High cholesterol can lead to plaque accumulation in the arteries, which is a key driver of heart disease.
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Amy Isler, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2025
For some patients, other tools—like a coronary calcium scan, which can directly show whether there’s silent plaque in the arteries—may be more useful.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
And if all the organic tofu suddenly triggers an irresistible urge to clog your arteries?
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
The impact of Polish and Latino immigrants on West Lincoln Avenue, a major commercial artery through Milwaukee’s south side, has been obvious for decades.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Amy Isler, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2025
For some patients, other tools—like a coronary calcium scan, which can directly show whether there’s silent plaque in the arteries—may be more useful.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
And if all the organic tofu suddenly triggers an irresistible urge to clog your arteries?
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
The impact of Polish and Latino immigrants on West Lincoln Avenue, a major commercial artery through Milwaukee’s south side, has been obvious for decades.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artery
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Intelligent highway, city, and parking capabilities At the core of this technology is High-speed Navigation Cruise Assist, which allows the SUV to easily handle national highways, urban expressways, and ring roads.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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According to the Dallas Morning News, Rice lost control while racing on a Dallas highway, causing a multi-vehicle hit-and-run.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Residents have told the Riverworks Development Corporation that many trucks use neighborhood roads instead of sticking to West Vienna Avenue and North Third Street, which are the two thoroughfares bordering the warehouse.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Since its opening in mid-June, the experimental project has driven a 25 percent increase in total sales across the West Nanjing Road thoroughfare.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Pledges to give it all away A good friend of philanthropist Michael Milken who has raised billions of dollars for cancer research, Ellison believes the road to bliss is altruistic giving.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Studies have also shown that the extra hour of daylight has resulted in safer roads, lower crime rates and economic benefits.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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Nobody needed to learn to merge onto the actual freeway when these fast and wide sections of La Brea and La Cienega were freeway enough.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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In drone footage shared by San Francisco outlet KTVU, all lanes across Interstate 80 are blocked with traffic, with the chaos of the event spilling onto the freeway.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Tesla had been at the impound lot for two days after being found abandoned on a Hollywood street, investigators said.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Fairgoers can take advantage of Valley Regional Transit, which will shuttle people from any VRT stop to 13th and Ridenbaugh streets (about two blocks from the fair) — and back afterward.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Sep. 2025
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Instead, along the way, the load may be highjacked and end up in the arterial wall.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
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Barbabella said that there was no evidence of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease, and that all laboratory testing results were within normal limits.—
Jenna Sundel
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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In addition to optimizing queries, Espresso routes queries between different compute clusters to maximize efficiency.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The location of the firearm appears to match the suspect's route of travel, the sources said.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Intelligent highway, city, and parking capabilities At the core of this technology is High-speed Navigation Cruise Assist, which allows the SUV to easily handle national highways, urban expressways, and ring roads.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 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,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Artery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artery. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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