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
Székesfehérvár lacks Budapest’s grand boulevards and baroque extravagance, but the city is not without luster.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Before there were dusty trails and stage coach routes and boulevards and freeways, there was the Southern California watershed — the maze of rivers, creeks and washes that sent rain water from the mountains and valleys to the ocean.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The city plans to reconstruct the boulevard from Mississippi River Boulevard to Franklin Avenue.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
How to Get Around With lush gardens, scenic ocean paths, and historic boulevards, Yokohama is the perfect place to stretch your legs and explore on foot.
—Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
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Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Before there were dusty trails and stage coach routes and boulevards and freeways, there was the Southern California watershed — the maze of rivers, creeks and washes that sent rain water from the mountains and valleys to the ocean.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The city plans to reconstruct the boulevard from Mississippi River Boulevard to Franklin Avenue.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
How to Get Around With lush gardens, scenic ocean paths, and historic boulevards, Yokohama is the perfect place to stretch your legs and explore on foot.
—Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boulevard
Noun
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On the streets of Saigon, there was widespread looting.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Four people were wounded after someone opened fire during a street takeover in the San Gabriel Valley, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Drivers heading back to their villages along coastal highways cheered each other, flashed victory signs and exchanged blessings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Mingo Junction, a village a few miles down the highway, was recently used as the backdrop for a low-budget zombie movie.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the attacks Thursday hit near the town’s industrial zone and outside a supermarket along Nabih Berri Avenue, a main thoroughfare lined with shops and residential buildings.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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The 44-year-old father from Honduras felt like his head was on a swivel, greeting the handful of shoppers that approached while also scanning the busy thoroughfare behind him.—
Wendi C. Thomas,
ProPublica,
15 Apr. 2026
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit Officials are urging people attending the draft and going to Pittsburgh to use public transit with major road closures and traffic restrictions that will be in place throughout the three-day event.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Anaheim has an 18-20-2 record in road games and a 42-33-6 record overall.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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In New Orleans, one of the earliest slammers was a jovial fellow named Damian Labeaud, who, starting in 2010, recruited passengers from the local community with the promise of insurance payouts, then took them hunting on the freeway for a truck.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Three of Rove’s future centers will be near freeway interchanges.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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Those include lots near Rivers Casino, near the expressway and a parking garage just past PNC Park.—
Chris Hoffman,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Board of Supervisors Chair Shanti Landon, who represents western Placer County, said the expressway is an investment in the region’s future.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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The poor design of that route was a key factor in the crash along with air traffic controllers relying too much on pilots seeing and avoiding other aircraft.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Tennessee used him frequently on deep crossers and vertical routes, where his stride length and tracking ability popped.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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The company points to advanced monitoring technology, including a fleet of gas‑sniffing vehicles that survey pipelines from roadways.—
Lexi Salazar,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Several callers told dispatchers that a motorcycle and a vehicle collided, throwing the motorcyclist from the bike and into the roadway, police said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Boulevard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boulevard. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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