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Recent Examples of avenue As these avenues for fan connection and exploration expand, there are also precautions. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025 Girls were notably banned from secondary school the next month, meaning that online education became one of the last avenues of hope. Zahra Nader, Time, 3 Oct. 2025 That opened an avenue for the athlete to continue the challenge. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025 The study opens new avenues for tuning quantum interactions in materials, which could eventually enhance solar cells, LEDs, and other optoelectronic devices by controlling how energy moves at the microscopic level. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for avenue
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Noun
  • Based on events and social media posts from recent months, bad blood hasn't been flowing from our side of the street.
    Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Customers queuing up for one of Dutch Bros' signature sweet drinks, spilling onto Winton and neighboring streets.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The new truck routes and restrictions are the result of study, coordination and collaboration between city officials, local residents, area small business owners and trucking companies, city officials said.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This left kids, seniors and people from nonwhite, working-class communities with few alternative routes.
    Menika Dirkson, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Taylor Swift recounts driving on Nashville thoroughfares during her high school days with a good friend.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Chasing the dream — and the visa The H-1B visa fundamentally shaped her career path, Qian said.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Federal agencies are now kickstarting their shutdown contingency plans, including the scaling back of services and the furloughing of thousands of staff until Democrats and Republicans find a path forward.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nearby roads and highways were closed to allow fire crews access to the area.
    Charles Ventura, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There is a road closure on US-69 between NW Platte Road and MO-9.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Even a brief mention of the issue from a patient can help alert professionals to take a more sensitive approach during treatments and examinations.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Nearby roads and highways were closed to allow fire crews access to the area.
    Charles Ventura, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The plane hit a freeway sign post and came to rest against the center divide.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The bandwidths or frequencies that carry the signals (channels to us non-engineers) are likened to the lanes of a freeway.
    Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Avenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenue. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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