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
Much of the new housing in Yuba County has been developed south of Marysville and Olivehurst, with areas such as Plumas Lake continuing to add subdivisions, and active construction sites visible from parts of Highway 70, an artery connecting the county to Sacramento.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
High blood pressure, or hypertension, happens when the force of blood pushing against your artery walls is too high over time.
—Alexandria Nyembwe, Health, 7 Nov. 2025
Crucial for blood clotting, bone health, and maintaining artery flexibility.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
In 2024, researchers showed that patients with microplastics in their arteries had higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and early death.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
High blood pressure, or hypertension, happens when the force of blood pushing against your artery walls is too high over time.
—Alexandria Nyembwe, Health, 7 Nov. 2025
Crucial for blood clotting, bone health, and maintaining artery flexibility.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
In 2024, researchers showed that patients with microplastics in their arteries had higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and early death.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artery
Noun
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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Newsom’s closure of that highway, where shrapnel actually fell on police vehicles, probably saved both lives and plenty of property damage.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Dior has opened its first boutique in Sweden on Stockholm’s Birger Jarlsgatan Avenue, the city’s top shopping thoroughfare, with brands including Chanel, Bottega Veneta, Moncler and a host of local high-end stores.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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It is situated at the intersection of two long thoroughfares — one that runs north to south and a second that runs east to west — which might have been used as processional routes.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Running Fence was envisioned as a fabric-laden fence that would traverse Sonoma and Marin counties in Northern California to the sea, crossing roads, highways, and private property.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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If there is no parking lot or driveway to pull into, pull your vehicle off to the side of the road as far as possible.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The wrong-way driver’s vehicle stopped under one of the semis in the freeway’s southbound toll lanes.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated November 10,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Nov. 2025
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After picking up the pregnant woman with her other daughter, Susan suddenly had to stop on the 215 freeway after Alyssa started to give birth.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Philippines is one of Asia’s most flood-prone countries but this year it has also been mired in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects that have brought thousands of protesters out onto the streets.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Waymo has already mapped out portions of San Diego roads and highways and Nalavade said as early as next week, passersby may see a fleet of all-electric Zeekr RT minivans on area streets, further testing and assessing Waymo software.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Reading a separate memo from Barbabella, Leavitt said Trump had no symptoms of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, the fee is supposed to go towards such things as helping build a new interchange on Highway 50, a major arterial four miles away by the nearest road.—
James Burling,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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This is your fastest route to real‑time rebooks and alerts.—
The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Quilt Trails of the Tar and Roanoke Rivers As one of North Carolina’s most widespread routes, the Quilt Trails of the Tar and Roanoke Rivers encompasses seven counties.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many American cars have their steering on the left side, the opposite of the standard right-side steering in Japan, where expressway tolls are on the right side, for instance.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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In response, a gunman sprayed Stanfa's car with automatic weapons during an ambush on the expressway, and although he wasn't hurt, his son Joseph was wounded in the head, per UPI.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Artery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artery. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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