avenues

plural of avenue

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of avenues But many of the players said the hurdle only fueled their determination to pursue the sport through other avenues. Jaclyn Licht, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026 This year, the traditional media coverage combined with the audience buy-in has proved a potent combination for reality stars looking to pursue other avenues in Hollywood. Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026 Cybersecurity is crucial for scaling solutions, opening significant new business avenues across the expanding supply chain. Ray Fernandez, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The research opens up new avenues in quantum technologies where light sources can be deployed and a fraction of energy used. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026 Many avenues of failure led to this point, but one of them was that the agents were acting in line with their peers. Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026 On the night of July 25, deputies were called to rural property near Hale and Miramonte avenues after reports of intoxicated people in the street and someone throwing bottles at cars. Tim Fang, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 Flowers will be planted from 4th to 9th avenues, Harris said. Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 Foldamers could open new treatment avenues not only for Parkinson’s disease, but also for other neurodegenerative disorders driven by toxic protein aggregation, including Alzheimer’s disease and ALS. Sunil Kumar, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenues
Noun
  • And when interstates back up, the adjacent surface streets do, too.
    Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The streets in Haitian neighborhoods of New York City have also been noticeably quieter.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Four months later, the minor issue hit, blocking their relatives’ paths to citizenship.
    Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Their paths later crossed again, eventually culminating in their engagement in July 2025 on the Greek island of Santorini.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Towns were depopulated or abandoned altogether; farmland was left fallow; forests regrew; busy thoroughfares fell silent and grand villas derelict.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 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
Noun
  • Nasser said the company will continue to capitalize on all export routes, including Hormuz, the Bab al-Mandeb strait in the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and the Sumed pipeline in Egypt.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The group's Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee expressed concern over attacks on energy infrastructure and maritime routes, which exacerbate market instability.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • San Jose argues there's no reasonable expectation of privacy on public roads, pointing to a California appeals court decision that allowed police to access traffic camera footage of a murder suspect without a warrant.
    Maddie White, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The remaining space is reserved for buildings, roads, and other infrastructure.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • If tablet and laptop are to draw closer, balancing the two approaches in a single app could be the worst of both worlds.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • As the second anniversary of Hurricane Helene approaches, Atlanta native Andrew Aydin recalls the day in late September when the devastating storm struck his community in Western North Carolina.
    Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The said preserving the route keeps hundreds of heavy trucks loaded with hazardous materials off the Arrigoni bridge and state highways.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Transportation investments can route highways, truck traffic and freight corridors through particular neighborhoods, which increases residents’ exposure to diesel particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide.
    Mahbubur Meenar, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • On Los Angeles freeways that muscle comes in handy all day long.
    Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • But some older generations saw the freeways choose to live near them.
    Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 26 July 2026

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“Avenues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenues. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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