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Recent Examples of avenue Frequent deliveries along the avenue meant trucks and other vehicles were regularly obstructing the bike lane, forcing riders into traffic. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025 Use platforms such as LinkedIn to your advantage, but don’t neglect traditional avenues like phone calls or in-person meetings. Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 17 June 2025 But the Bane trade gives Memphis an avenue to give Jackson even more on that deal and lock him in long term. Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025 Though full of fun, these programs also offer an avenue for readers to connect with one another. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for avenue
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Noun
  • The homeowners association will require residents to park inside their garages to prevent the spillover of parking onto neighborhood streets, See said.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • Small blue and red Juneteenth flag with a star and the date June 19, 1865, waving in the wind at a street vendor's stall in front of shops on 125th Street in Harlem, New York...
    Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • In 1945 the family came back to Wisconsin to live on a 10-acre farm, where Ted raised dairy cows and pigs and drove the milk route.
    Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • Sacramento Regional Transit has encouraged riders to use bus route 11 instead.
    Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • One group of protesters blocked the 101 Freeway — a major thoroughfare in downtown Los Angeles.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 10 June 2025
  • Murders most often took place in markets, squares, and thoroughfares—all key nodes of medieval urban life—in the evenings or on weekends.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Although Disney could have made Underworld, as well as Lucas' vision of the Sequel Trilogy, time has shown us the company took a different path with the franchise.
    Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 28 June 2025
  • Ashby, though, is confident that the single agency is the best path forward.
    Jack Rodriquez-Vars, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • William Saller emphasizes that the long road, although more challenging, usually leads to something far more meaningful.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 June 2025
  • Think of it as a creditor wanting to get into a city and there are several roads to get into that city.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • His elastic counter-melodic approach to the bass redefined the role of the instrument in jazz and helped Evans reshape the very concept of the piano trio.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
  • Innovative educators are already modifying their approaches.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
  • The Waymo robotaxis available through the Uber app will cover approximately 65 square miles around Atlanta, but will not yet travel on highways or to the airport.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Here is how the Nationals (33-46) will line up for Game 2: Yu Darvish will travel up the 15 freeway to throw a sim game at low Single-A Lake Elsinore on Wednesday.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
  • The practice boosts productivity, reduces freeway congestion, lowers office costs, reduces air pollution, and enhances employee morale.
    Erik Skindrud, Mercury News, 19 June 2025

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“Avenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenue. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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