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
This is an artery traveling through the system of this entire machinery that’s Hollywood.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2025
Atherosclerosis develops when plaque builds up in the arteries and can cause complications such as heart attack, stroke, and heart failure.1516
Potential Side Effects and Considerations
Collagen supplements are typically well-tolerated.
—Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
The dissection prevented doctors at the Raleigh campus of WakeMed Hospital from accessing his brain during surgery or inserting a stent to open the artery.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Doctors opened the back of his skull and saw part of the cerebellum, the bottom-most portion of the brain, had been damaged by the rod, but the spinal cord and spinal artery remained intact.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2025
Atherosclerosis develops when plaque builds up in the arteries and can cause complications such as heart attack, stroke, and heart failure.1516
Potential Side Effects and Considerations
Collagen supplements are typically well-tolerated.
—Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
The dissection prevented doctors at the Raleigh campus of WakeMed Hospital from accessing his brain during surgery or inserting a stent to open the artery.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Doctors opened the back of his skull and saw part of the cerebellum, the bottom-most portion of the brain, had been damaged by the rod, but the spinal cord and spinal artery remained intact.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artery
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Whether along highways or at the entrance of a theme park, lush greenery reinforces Florida’s reputation as a vacation destination.—
Tal Coley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 May 2025
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Trains aren’t running, many planes are delayed or canceled and a stretch of highway is closed because of sinkholes that — who knows? — might lead to a better kind of hell.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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The two facilities take up a city block along St. Charles Avenue, the thoroughfare famous for its streetcars, Mardi Gras parades and Queen Anne mansions.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
12 Apr. 2025
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The property adjacent to 159th Street, a major thoroughfare in the village, is now zoned for commercial development, but the village hasn’t seen any interest from potential businesses in part due to its shallow depth from 159th Street and two existing ponds, village documents said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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The match concluded a wild road trip that saw Sporting play three road matches in eight days.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2025
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Clark helped the Fever snap a seven-year playoff drought as Indiana shattered league records for home attendance, road attendance and total attendance.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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The freeways were empty except for the gardeners that were going to work.—
Jason Parham,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2025
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The freeways in and around DFW were chock full of unexpected traffic.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Officers had been dispatched about four minutes earlier after a 911 caller reported a man waving a handgun in the street and pointing it at people near the 200 block of North B Street.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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Once the attack was over, the victims were helped by people on the street.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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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.—
David Zipper,
Vox,
13 Nov. 2024
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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
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Taking a bus or driving the 435-mile route is also an option.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Originally Published: May 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM EDT Most Popular Most Popular Property of the week: Striking historic home along the Connecticut river Parking crunch looms at major CT airport amid route expansion.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 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,
12 May 2025
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In a popular TikTok video posted April 21, Becky Levin Navarro is seen walking on a sidewalk near Austin’s MoPac expressway after a Waymo ride gone wrong.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Artery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artery. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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