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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
After all avenues have been exhausted for finding out who these people are, the chief medical examiner of Alexandroupoli calls the chief imam of Sidiro, which is a Muslim Greek village.
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Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
That’s been quite a habit for the Mahomes Era Chiefs, who through a variety of avenues have reached seven straight AFC Championship games, won five and gone on to win three Super Bowls.
—Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2025
Predicting something that has becoming increasingly unpredictable is an impossible task, but here’s a look at how the shutdown could ripple through critical avenues of everyday life.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
The hospitality group plans to open more concepts on Eighth Street from between 12th and 16th avenues.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
The company’s scale provides the financial power and employee talent needed to pursue new growth avenues such as artificial intelligence.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
VIPs like Corey Fogelmanis and Meadow Walker took turns walking down the set’s pristine avenues and posing for photos next to the city’s clocktower, Everlane HQ office building, and Everlane Market (100 percent organic).
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
The region, bordered by Interstate 5, Vermont, Walnut and Chapman avenues, represents less than 4% of Anaheim’s total area.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
This opens exciting avenues for understanding virus emergence, assessing pandemic potential, and identifying new drug targets to combat viral infections.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
That’s been quite a habit for the Mahomes Era Chiefs, who through a variety of avenues have reached seven straight AFC Championship games, won five and gone on to win three Super Bowls.
—Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2025
Predicting something that has becoming increasingly unpredictable is an impossible task, but here’s a look at how the shutdown could ripple through critical avenues of everyday life.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
The hospitality group plans to open more concepts on Eighth Street from between 12th and 16th avenues.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
The company’s scale provides the financial power and employee talent needed to pursue new growth avenues such as artificial intelligence.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
VIPs like Corey Fogelmanis and Meadow Walker took turns walking down the set’s pristine avenues and posing for photos next to the city’s clocktower, Everlane HQ office building, and Everlane Market (100 percent organic).
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
The region, bordered by Interstate 5, Vermont, Walnut and Chapman avenues, represents less than 4% of Anaheim’s total area.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
This opens exciting avenues for understanding virus emergence, assessing pandemic potential, and identifying new drug targets to combat viral infections.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenues
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Waymo has already mapped out portions of San Diego roads and highways and Nalavade said as early as next week, passersby may see a fleet of all-electric Zeekr RT minivans on area streets, further testing and assessing Waymo software.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Los Angeles — Thousands of fans lined the streets of downtown Los Angeles for a second year in a row to celebrate another Dodgers’ World Series victory.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Zohran's parents shaped his political views Though Mira and Mahmood told The New York Times in June 2025 that Zohran had not turned to them for political advice, their worldview and career paths have shaped Zohran’s democratic socialist political stance and mayoral campaign.—
Makena Gera,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Together, Dick and Lynne Cheney raised two daughters, Liz and Mary, who would each forge their own paths in public life—Liz as a prominent Republican congresswoman and Mary as an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The project area is about a quarter-mile from where Highway 50 carves northeast through Rancho Cordova, and from the intersection of Folsom and Sunrise boulevards, two of the city’s major thoroughfares.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Macy’s chose China Grove for the facility due to its position in the Southeast near major thoroughfares, enabling faster, more efficient service to millions of customers.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Oct. 2025
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New York is a crossroads for them at the edge of the continent, like a traffic circle with east-west routes running along the ocean or north-south routes going up the harbor or to New Jersey.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Offensive coordinator Joe Brady and Allen had to hocus pocus their way through the receiver deficiencies with screens and other short-distance routes, but James Cook, the tight ends and offensive line delivered ample force.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Three people were killed and one injured in three vehicle crashes on Arkansas roads on Wednesday and Friday, according to preliminary police reports.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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The combination of snow and strong winds is expected to reduce visibility, create slick and icy roads—particularly on bridges and overpasses—and potentially down trees or branches.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Reflecting different creative approaches and scopes of production.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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The reports come amid economic uncertainty for many families as the government shutdown continues and a looming deadline approaches to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food stamps to more than 40 million Americans.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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Fewer crashes mean safer highways and more reliable deliveries.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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For years, San Diego was largely barred from taking down encampments next to highways because that land is overseen by Caltrans and therefore under state jurisdiction.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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San Diego crews have cleared 184 encampments near freeways since the city got access over the summer to state land through a new agreement with the California Department of Transportation.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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Several major Phoenix-area freeways will have stretches closed or lanes narrowed this weekend, just before Halloween.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Avenues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenues. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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