as in street
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards
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Recent Examples of boulevard
At the crash scene, on a boulevard, officers recovered an empty vodka bottle and another one that was less than a quarter-full.
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 May 2025
At one point, President Emmanuel Macron even ordered armored vehicles to roll down Paris’ boulevards.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Courtesy of Hotel Paradiso France’s vibrant capital is full of historic streets, grand boulevards, handsome parks, and notable museums.
—Celeste Moure, AFAR Media, 2 May 2025
So expect heavier traffic on Florida’s Turnpike and the Sawgrass Expressway, as well as on Sunrise and Oakland Park boulevards.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 May 2025
At one point, President Emmanuel Macron even ordered armored vehicles to roll down Paris’ boulevards.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Courtesy of Hotel Paradiso France’s vibrant capital is full of historic streets, grand boulevards, handsome parks, and notable museums.
—Celeste Moure, AFAR Media, 2 May 2025
So expect heavier traffic on Florida’s Turnpike and the Sawgrass Expressway, as well as on Sunrise and Oakland Park boulevards.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boulevard
Noun
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In one video, officers were seen throwing smoke bombs and flash bangs onto the street to get people to disperse, so the authorities could drive away in vans, SUVs and military-style vehicles.—
Greg Wehner , Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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Like the old streets in so many cities, which were meant to bring out the history, turned out to be repetitions everywhere.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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There are about 545 active capital projects planned for this year on state highways, bridges and roads.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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This case follows another that occurred in 2018, when armed men kidnapped two members of the musical group Los Norteños de Río Bravo, whose bodies were later found on the federal highway connecting Reynosa to Río Bravo, Tamaulipas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
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But that Miami location near the busy LeJeune Road thoroughfare that leads from Miami International Airport five miles away also once made this Sears a popular destination with tourists.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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Lamia is laser-focused on fulfilling her cake-baking duty, but Bibi has made this trip with another purpose, one that divides the two and sets Lamia on a quest through the city’s thoroughfares and backstreets and bustling souk, with its hawkers and their wares.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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These disruptions often result in road closures, traffic spikes and delays across key transit routes, severely affecting delivery schedules.—
Clemente Theotokis,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Meanwhile, their last seven road games, the Panthers have scored, counting backwards, five; three; five; five; five; six; and six.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2025
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The collision occurred about 4:15 a.m. in the freeway’s northbound lanes, near Everman Parkway, Fort Worth police said.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2025
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Install cameras at freeway on-ramps to cite people who drive in diamond lanes (alone) getting onto the freeway.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Central Florida’s anger over a planned toll road through Split Oak Forest figured into a flood of objections to the reappointment of a South Florida businessman to the state wildlife commission, which gave its blessing last year to build an expressway through the treasured preserve.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2025
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Every day at the start of practice, the wide receivers line up and run half-speed routes to get loose, while the quarterbacks throw high-arcing passes downfield.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Process mining is the statistically most popular routes (where there is tracking).—
Ian Gotts,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2025
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Susan Handy, a UC Davis professor who studies transportation, previously told The Bee that decades of research show that adding lanes to a roadway only relieves congestion in the short term.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
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“Boulevard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boulevard. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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