grapevines

noun

plural of grapevine
as in avenues

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  1. avenues
  2. outlets
  3. conduits
  4. routes
  5. sources
  6. origins
  7. pipelines
Noun
  • Soldiers patrolled the city's commercial and government buildings Friday while an enhanced police presence could be seen on Ceuta's main avenues, Reuters reported.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Fighting back The harmful content perpetrated online echoed concerns among consumers, leading them to find avenues to protect themselves.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of avenues
Noun
  • The wardrobes, however spacious, were creaky; none of the typical five-star tech touches are present—no Nespresso machine, no Dyson hair dryer, no in-wall USB outlets, though there is a charging dock.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Citing national security interests, the authorities have used increasingly stringent wartime censorship laws to crack down on those opposed to the conflict, prompting many activists and independent media outlets to leave the country.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of outlets
Noun
  • The century-old network of underground conduits, which houses electrical, telecommunications and fiber-optic cables, has been operated by BGE for decades under a contract that expires at the end of 2026.
    — Bryant Reed, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Relationships are conduits for timely information sharing, mutual aid and collective action.
    — Fiona Doherty, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of conduits
Noun
  • One of the alternative routes would reduce the project’s footprint in the Anza-Borrego Desert by about nine miles, and go through the community of Borrego Springs instead.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Gabriel’s routes to points are sensational, with eight goal involvements last season, plus earning defensive contribution points on 11 occasions and 30 bonus points.
    — Holly Shand, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of routes
Noun
  • Mangione's lawyers and federal prosecutors in Manhattan also discussed a possible guilty plea in his federal case in June, sources previously told ABC News.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The first task is to inventory potential sources of liability.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of sources
Noun
  • However, the notion of the emperor’s divine origins strengthened during the Meiji era, when the concept of State Shinto arose.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Gittelsohn, a painter who attended the now-shuttered San Francisco Art Institute in the 1970s, located across the street from the couple’s home, reached out to about 50 scholars and art experts about the origins of the bust.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of origins
Noun
  • Wright’s claim that 5 to 7 million barrels per day are bypassing the Strait of Hormuz via pipelines appears to be accurate.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In testing on six publicly available scraper pipelines, the ShieldFont authors say that over 90 percent of pages that would otherwise be accepted by scrapers are rejected by the quality filter after these word replacements.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of pipelines
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