boulevards

plural of boulevard

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of boulevards Instead of wide postwar boulevards, roads would become slower and leaner, transforming Long Beach into a top-five global cycling city, said former city traffic engineer Paul Van Dyk. — Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Visitors often still liken the city’s walkable streets and historic architecture to European boulevards. — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026 There were beautiful boulevards, sweeping bridges over the Moskva River, wide Stalin-era avenues lined with imposing granite buildings, and quiet nineteenth-century neighborhoods of pastel-colored mansions. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026 Then the musical group collated the various streets, roads, places, drives, boulevards and cardinal directions into 53 seconds of gold. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 23 Aug. 2026 The following day, several reports came in from Roseville residents who spotted a bear near Foothills Boulevard between Blue Oaks and Pleasant Grove boulevards. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Over mountain roads and city boulevards, CLA drove with the style and balance expected of a German sedan. — Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 As joint capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1873 to 1918, Budapest was one of the liveliest, most cultured, and prosperous cities in Europe; that golden era saw the construction of grand boulevards and numerous splendid buildings. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 Limon’s Afro-Caribbean heritage, historic wooden architecture and waterfront boulevards create a unique urban setting unlike anywhere else in the region. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boulevards
Noun
  • For years, Calderon as a friendly face in the streets, gas stations and grocery stores of the small Johnson County town.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The narrow streets around the sultan’s palace are filled with backpackers, street vendors, tour guides hawking their services, and office workers popping out for a coffee amid the madness.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The massive project funded from 13 federal, state and local agencies, gives a glimpse of what’s to come for Long Beach thoroughfares.
    — Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Two years later, Wong became one of the key leaders of the city’s Umbrella Movement protests that rallied thousands of predominantly young people to the streets to call for greater democracy by blocking major thoroughfares for 79 straight days.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Parcels of agricultural land surrounded on a certain percentage of their borders by homes, businesses, highways or land zoned for future development can apply for the designation.
    — Nico Rivero, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • It’s been used to raise funds for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, a Minnesota woman caught using a racist slur on camera and to support Canadian truckers who blocked highways in protest of Covid restrictions.
    — David K. Li, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Two people were killed in as many crashes on Arkansas roads on Friday, according to preliminary police reports.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Rain was also developing near Key Largo, with slick roads possible during the morning commute.
    — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Suburbs stretch their undulating freeways into the grid, sucking out nutrients (and cutting through neighborhoods).
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Major weekend closures and lane restrictions are set to hit several popular metro Phoenix freeways, and the Arizona Department of Transportation warned drivers to use detours as needed.
    — Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Bikes are not allowed to on freeways or expressways, and cyclists cannot pass through tolls unless the signs nearby dictate otherwise.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The firm noted that major bridges like the Donghai Bridge and the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, as well as regional expressways, have reopened with standard speed limits restored.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The service, started by South Florida transit firm Prokel Mobility, features two routes.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The Viceroy Seaglider is designed to travel at up to 180 mph on routes of up to 180 miles.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Less than one percent of Houston’s roadways, for example, fell within the sight pictures of the city’s nearly 4,000 ALPRs in June 2024.
    — Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • There may be times of limited visibility, ponding on the roadways and areas of minor flooding.
    — Sarah Wroblewski, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

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“Boulevards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boulevards. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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