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side street

noun

Definition of side street

as in side road

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Recent Examples of side street 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 The car takes the first right onto a much darker side street. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 The hotel is in Campo Marzio, one of Rome’s liveliest neighborhoods, full of boutiques, artisan workshops, and winding side streets that are great for exploring on foot. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for side street

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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

Noun

Hundreds of people were getting killed every year at street-level crossings, and to quell the public outcry, the railroads scrambled to elevate freight tracks citywide at their own expense.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Before the terrible day was over firehouses, street corners and parks became mourning places.

— Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

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