Thesaurus results for HIGH STREET

high street

noun

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British

as in Main Street

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Recent Examples of high street In Edinburgh, Multrees Walk has everything from luxury to high street. — Riza Cruz, Vogue, 11 May 2026 As a result, her outfits never sent shoppers running to the high street in emulation, as the future Queen Catherine’s off-the-peg choices often do. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026 That is well below the hundreds of billions customers deposit with major high street lenders such as Barclays and HSBC. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026 In some cases, high-end brands also share the same manufacturing facilities as those on the high street. — Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high street

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Noun

Its 210-room hotel will be the centerpiece of The Meuse, a 22-acre district near Main Street that will feature over 70,000 square feet of shops and restaurants.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Once Phase 1 is complete, the intersection of Main Street and Whitewater Park Boulevard will be closed through mid-September.

— Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 31 July 2026

Definition of Main Street

Noun

But when renovating an 18th-century apartment on a side street in the Marais, architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard boldly undid a number of alterations to the home over the years.

— Felix Wagner, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026
The second car drives onto a side street, stays there for just under two minutes, with the driver even getting out for a few seconds, before taking off.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Definition of side street

Noun

Video from the scene showed investigators methodically walking across freeway lanes looking for evidence as a river of morning commuters moved around the closure on side roads before getting back on the freeway.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Residents feared those small streets would become side roads for drivers looking to avoid traffic on Mallard Creek Road.

— Desiree Mathurin April 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of side road

Noun

On secondary roads like Kuwohi, buses, motorhomes, vans longer than 25 feet, and passenger vehicles towing trailers are prohibited.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Icy spots could form on paved surfaces such as bridges and overpasses, primary and secondary roads, parking lots, sidewalks and driveways.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Feb. 2026

Definition of secondary road

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