high street

British

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Recent Examples of high street The results put it ahead of its high street rival H&M, which saw sales gain 1 percent in constant currency in its second quarter, ending May 31. Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025 In London, Renault took EVs to the high street in bold showroom activations and made discovery feel casual, almost domestic—cars next to bakeries and bookshops rather than behind a desk and a finance form. Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 The pattern has also left its mark on the high street. Natalie Hammond, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025 The question is: what happens to the previously cheaper high street brands who are now priced out of the bottom and considered mid-level? Zoe Bayliss Wong, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high street
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high street
Noun
  • Walt Disney’s original vision was all-American, right down to the flags along Main Street USA, and the company now exports Americana all around the world.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Friday-Saturday, Fifth Street (starting at Main Street and ending on Columbia Parkway), Downtown.
    Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Situated on a side street off the busy Magnificent Mile, the hotel feels protected from frenetic shoppers and commuters but is still just one block from Oak Street shopping.
    Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Historic stone churches display rainbow flags and Black Lives Matter signs, and even the narrowest side streets find room for bike lanes.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • How fast a vehicle can go from zero to 60 miles per hour is a bragging point for manufacturers trying to sell vehicles Motorists who access State Route 109, often from side roads from a growing number of home developments in Lebanon and Wilson County, are also taking note.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • The driver is king: one hand on the wheel, eyes on the horizon, free to turn down that dusty side road on a whim.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Thousands of miles of secondary roads are still paved this way today.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025

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“High street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20street. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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