Thesaurus results for AVENUES

avenues

noun

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plural of avenue

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 tentative deal will force Live Nation and Ticketmaster to make several changes to their business model, which could open up avenues for more competition in the live-entertainment space. —

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026 At roughly 17 acres, the park is bordered by Sanford and San Juan avenues, and East First and East Seminole boulevards. —

Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026 Exit on the other side into Manhattan, moving along wide and luminous avenues. —

Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026 The demolition of the vacant CVS Pharmacy building at Snelling and University avenues, which had been planned for Monday, has been rescheduled to March 16. —

Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026 But the cap is extremely fluid at this time of year, especially with the Giants having easy avenues to open more space through cuts or restructures. —

Devon Henderson, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026 The collapse happened near the intersection of Lincoln and Austin avenues. —

Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026 During a recent 36-hour blackout, a group of men cooked a large pot over burning tree limbs on the sidewalk of one of Havana’s main stately avenues. —

Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026 Drivers who normally would use 75th Avenue near the 101 can consider alternate routes including 67th or 83rd avenues. —

Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Mar. 2026

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QueenEr’Re was the second 11-year-old to be killed on the block since early 2023, the latest loss in an area already marked by streets named for Derrick Turnbow and Domonic Davis, whose young lives were also claimed by gun violence.

— Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2026
Reaching Captiva Island is part of the charm—a drive over the Sanibel Causeway, through Sanibel’s artsy streets, then across Blind Pass Bridge into a quieter, more secluded world.

— Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026