Thesaurus results for AVENUE

avenue

noun

ˈa-və-ˌnü

Definition of avenue

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 While the use of subpoena power against journalists has always been highly controversial, officials in past administrations sometimes justified it by arguing it was used as a last resort, after other investigative avenues were exhausted. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 23 July 2026 Hawley suggested another avenue to up the pressure on Republicans who are against it would be to hold more votes doomed to fail, a floor tactic Thune has purposefully avoided that would put vulnerable members such as Collins in a tough spot. — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 23 July 2026 That threatens another avenue that oil companies use to move their crude from the Middle East to customers worldwide, along with the Strait of Hormuz. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 The avenue lies within the city’s original historic district, where preservation rules tightly regulate new construction and alterations. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for avenue

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Noun

Standout among those streets is the neighbourhood of Shamibag in Dhaka, which is home to FIFA Goli (alley or lane in Bangla), which has been organised by Al Amin Hossain Robin.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Japanese festivals often serve as ways for deities to be brought into the streets for sacred or ritual purposes while also bringing communities together in celebration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Charlotteans illegally dump about 10 tons of trash every single day — much of it large, bulky items — and the city has to divert garbage crews from normal routes to collect it.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
McCabe said that one of the goals is to minimize impacts on homeowners and businesses that are along the route.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

Definition of route

Noun

Minus the dull thud of the boats gently colliding with the wooden posts they’re tied to, the normally busy thoroughfare is quiet.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 19 July 2026
Officials in La Grange are looking at how to improve one of the main thoroughfares in town.

— Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

Noun

New Zealand’s biosecurity minister has warned that the country will follow a similar path, should a widespread outbreak occur.

— Todd Symons, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
The incident also demonstrated that models can potentially identify and exploit novel attack paths without direct access to an organization’s source code.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Definition of path

Noun

What’s different this time is getting to the Diner, as both Santa Monica Blvd (which the Diner faces) and Sunset Blvd are seeing extended road work – some of it due to a water main that burst on July 16.

— Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Two Boston city councilors are pushing for a change in city law that would require Mayor Michelle Wu to report street projects annually as Wu faces criticism for stalling road work before a city employee was killed by a truck.

— Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of road

Noun

After witnessing the same families repeatedly return to his courtroom across generations, Judge Langer sought a new preventive approach that would support young parents in foster care.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
At another MetroLoft project, 25 Water Street, Berman and a co-developer had taken a radical approach to breaking up the interior space of a hulking building that once housed offices belonging to JPMorgan Chase.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026

Definition of approach

Noun

As a result, industrial and off-highway vehicles represent one of the most significant and underappreciated opportunities in electrification today.

— Darren Tan, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
As cars and roads multiplied, accidents began to pile up; by the mid-sixties, there were more than fifty thousand fatal highway accidents per year.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of highway

Noun

Kevitt lost his right leg in a 2013 hit-and-run collision in Griffith Park while riding his bicycle after the car sped off and dragged him down a freeway onramp.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Despite having only four cylinders, the TurboMax produces V8-like torque, making the Canyon feel eager pulling away from traffic lights or merging onto freeways.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of freeway

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