Main Street

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Recent Examples of Main Street The park also will be decorated for Halloween with banners, giant pumpkins on Main Street and other holiday decor. Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026 Meanwhile, Loose Screw’s nearly 10,000-square-foot brewery and taproom facility continue to operate in downtown Meridian at the corner of Main Street and Carlton Avenue. Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 June 2026 But those gains aren’t translating to businesses on Main Street. Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026 As part of the investigation, troopers said a search warrant was carried out on Wednesday at a home on Main Street in Belle Vernon. Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for Main Street
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Main Street
Noun
  • Arriving at Bus Palladium at the end of a sunny spring afternoon, I was thrilled to see a familiar vertical, two-word neon sign glowing orange again in a side street in Pigalle.
    Alexander Lobrano, Air Mail, 6 June 2026
  • But take a left down a side street and the hotel’s unassuming entrance awaits.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • The Escape Game The modern high street has spent years searching for a convincing reason to make people stay longer.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Since a simple T-shirt on the high street can cost between $12 and $20, a single T-shirt sold at retail can bring in enough revenue for a major brand to buy nearly a kilogram of them at factory-floor prices.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
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
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

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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Main%20Street. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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