Thesaurus results for AVENUE

avenue

noun

ˈa-və-ˌnü

Definition of avenue next

as in street

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel a city famous for its broad, tree-lined avenues

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as in route

an established course for traveling from one place to another the two main avenues available to those joining in the California gold rush were the trail across the Southwest desert or the hazard-filled loop around Central and South America

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Recent Examples of avenue Camping spaces at Coachella are 30'x10' so making use of every inch of your space is key, and a canopy offers the best avenue for it. —

Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 Another avenue to getting licensed was through apprenticeship. —

Ryan Wilusz, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Tail winds for growth Even as the industry navigates choppy seas, cruise companies are looking for their next avenues for growth. —

Contessa Brewer,mallory Leonard, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026 If the council rejects the firms’ offers, city staff can then engage with contractors to better understand the market conditions and explore other avenues for funding, Miller wrote in an email. —

Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for avenue

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Quié kept getting up, sitting down, calling out to people in the street, checking on the kitchen, and whipping out his phone to film promotional videos.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Parking on streets on the parade path will be impacted.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 Apr. 2026