boulevard

noun

ˈbu̇-lə-ˌvärd How to pronounce boulevard (audio)
Definition of boulevardnext
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 But on October 20 the boulevard's sidewalks were missing hundreds of paving stones, which protesters had used to shatter storefronts. — Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026 Plans to redesign two streets in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, to accommodate bike boulevards are dividing residents, with opponents raising concerns about access to public transportation and supporters arguing the changes could improve street safety. — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 Houses were rebuilt over the remains of earlier houses, incorporating old walls and materials into new construction; basilicas became churches and churches became mosques; obsolete city walls and fortifications became boulevards and promenades. — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026 Located just west of Southwest and Rainbow boulevards, the bridge was built in 1971 and owned and maintained by the Kansas Department of Transportation. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boulevard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boulevard
  1. street
  2. highway
  3. thoroughfare
  4. road
  5. freeway
  6. expressway
  7. route
  8. roadway
Noun
  • Authorities have closed most streets in the area and are urging the public to avoid the one-mile radius around the facility until further notice.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2026
  • The victims of this horrific crash included street vendors who were simply trying to earn a living when tragedy struck.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2026
Definition of street
Noun
  • Bundy was stopped by the highway patrol in Salt Lake City town in 1975 — leading to that 1976 conviction — and his vehicle was seized.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Utah Navajo Health System posted several active highway closures, with detours.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of highway
Noun
  • Take the two-story, nearly 1,075-square-foot flagship on Paris’ Rue Saint-Honoré — the city’s central perfume-shopping thoroughfare — that opened in June.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The museum occupies the historic Shamash Jewish School, founded in 1928 on Al-Rashid Street, a prominent thoroughfare in Baghdad.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of thoroughfare
Noun
  • The tortuous road to the flat-out Democratic victory ran through a number of key milestones.
    — James D. Zirin, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Lucianie Vil Ma Rouge, Thiotte, southeastern Haiti Lucianie Vil, 70, is a Madan Sara, one of the women traders who travel Haiti’s roads and markets to support their families and feed their communities.
    — Lys Arango, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of road
Noun
  • Fortunately for the script, other British and Hessian reënactors had arrived via freeway and the incredibly vast Orchard Beach parking lot.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • But for what practical purpose do these features really serve, except for quickly accelerating onto a freeway?
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of freeway
Noun
  • Police attempted a traffic stop on the car, but the driver refused to stop and merged onto the I-94 expressway from Lake Avenue, per police.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Rice was driving a Lamborghini on an expressway and was clocked at 119 mph when the car hit the center median wall and caused four other cars to collide with each other.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of expressway
Noun
  • The project remains under development, and no final route has been selected.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Autonomous functions include one-touch takeoff, route planning, flight control, and landing assistance.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of route
Noun
  • Authorities at the residence spotted the Chevrolet in the area and laid a spike strip across a roadway in anticipation of a second pursuit, which the vehicle later struck, officials said.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • If possible, immediately move the vehicle to a safe location, out of the roadway, and wait for help to arrive.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of roadway

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