1
as in streets
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a city famous for its broad, tree-lined avenues
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as in paths
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 avenues
The shuttle center will be at La Mesa’s Municipal Parking Lot at the northeast corner of Allison and Date avenues.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
The development could revolutionize precision sensing and open new avenues for quantum research.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
In the meantime, the invention of superconducting artificial atoms has opened brand-new avenues toward building useful quantum machines with advanced engineering techniques.
—Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Several streets are closed, including from Northwest 17th to 36th avenues and 20th to 26th streets.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
The post roads and sea lanes, typical avenues of communication in peacetime, were under constant threat during the war.
—Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Those legal avenues for recourse can take months, if not years, to resolve.
—Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Now, Max plays in a rock band, Spec Labs, made up entirely of people on the spectrum, previously worked at Starbucks and is currently opening up new avenues of communication via a protocol called Spellers, which teaches spelling and typing to nonspeaking or minimally speaking individuals.
—Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
The difference is today’s Committee for the First Amendment has infinitely more avenues for communication in the digital age, in addition to an infinitely larger list of participants.
—Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
The development could revolutionize precision sensing and open new avenues for quantum research.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
In the meantime, the invention of superconducting artificial atoms has opened brand-new avenues toward building useful quantum machines with advanced engineering techniques.
—Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Several streets are closed, including from Northwest 17th to 36th avenues and 20th to 26th streets.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
The post roads and sea lanes, typical avenues of communication in peacetime, were under constant threat during the war.
—Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Those legal avenues for recourse can take months, if not years, to resolve.
—Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Now, Max plays in a rock band, Spec Labs, made up entirely of people on the spectrum, previously worked at Starbucks and is currently opening up new avenues of communication via a protocol called Spellers, which teaches spelling and typing to nonspeaking or minimally speaking individuals.
—Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
The difference is today’s Committee for the First Amendment has infinitely more avenues for communication in the digital age, in addition to an infinitely larger list of participants.
—Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenues
Noun
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Blue city streets erupt as 100-plus rioters turn drag race into all-out war on cops.—
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FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Mainstream rap nowadays is suffocating from meaningless rivalries, subliminal shots for stans to decode and misinterpret, and redundant talk of who’s really in the streets and who’s snitching.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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And though joining forces for a novel may seem like a unique choice, the pair’s paths have crossed before.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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Fallon and Saint John share what their different career paths have taught them about personal branding, working collaboratively, managing teams, and how to navigate the changing media landscape.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
14 Oct. 2025
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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
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Taylor Swift recounts driving on Nashville thoroughfares during her high school days with a good friend.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Google Maps provides a dense but intuitive layout, giving users access to multiple layers of information, including traffic, satellite imagery and public transit routes.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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These routes could cut current two-hour drives between cities to under 30 minutes by air.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Ukraine is currently negotiating with its international partners to increase natural gas imports by about 30% as the winter approaches, according to energy minister Svitlana Grynchuk.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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As the concluding chapter of Wicked‘s big-screen adaptation approaches, Marissa Bode is opening up about how the movie does away with an ableist plot point.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Oct. 2025
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Ravines act like fast-moving highways, delivering soil either into the Mississippi River and then the lake, or directly into the lake itself, according to the alliance.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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All that new housing, those high-speed train lines, the new terminals in all major cities, the freeways, and the power lines were cleared by government decree using China’s version of eminent domain.—
Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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Weekend travelers, beware of improvement projects scheduled along Phoenix-area freeways in addition to the Arizona Cardinals football matchup against the Tennessee Titans at State Farm Stadium.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Avenues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenues. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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