side streets

Definition of side streetsnext
plural of side street

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for side streets
streets
Noun
  • Earlier Saturday in Minneapolis, a federal immigration officer shot and killed a man, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and ratcheting up tensions in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.
    Valerie Gonzalez, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
  • More than one thousand city workers are preparing to work around the clock to clear city streets once the snow starts to fall.
    Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
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“Side streets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20streets. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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