as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
going the wrong way on a one-way street
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Recent Examples of street
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
City leaders joined residents Saturday to celebrate the installation of the new street sign honoring the organization.
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Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
The car is meant for public roads, but its rear wheels can be fitted with a non-street-legal Manthey Racing aero disc on track days.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Each year, car crashes in town are attributed to overgrown shrubs and bushes, alongside street corners and intersections, according to West Hartford town officials.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
City leaders joined residents Saturday to celebrate the installation of the new street sign honoring the organization.
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Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Adjective
If these vehicles haven't been heavily modified to meet safety standards, they can only be purchased as collectibles rather than street legal passenger cars.
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Charles Singh,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
The car is meant for public roads, but its rear wheels can be fitted with a non-street-legal Manthey Racing aero disc on track days.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for street
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There was another car on the opposite side of the road with major front-end damage.
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From California politics to safety concerns on Sacramento roads, here’s a quick digest of some of the top stories for June 23, 2026.
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An Atlanta developer aims to deploy the three Rs of waste management — reduce, reuse and recycle — to remake a grungy industrial area near the Beltline.
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Facing it were bean bag chairs on a shag rug carpet—and not the grungy kind.
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
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Work being done along Interstate 494 in Bloomington is just one of 200 projects the Minnesota Department of Transportation has scheduled this summer to fix up highways, bridges and other infrastructure.
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The historic property has been vacant and unkempt since 2015.
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Keep It Clean An unkempt shower curtain can make your bathroom appear dingy.
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Foot traffic has slowed to a trickle, and the restaurant’s layout — with an almost entirely open wall that looks onto one of Boyle Height’s busiest thoroughfares — isn’t helping.
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Routinely vacuuming and doing quick sweeps with your wet mop can help tide you over until the kids are back in school or your house becomes a little less of a thoroughfare.
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And this is where the movie takes off from retro mythology to become its own slovenly mod thing.
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To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.
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District Attorney Nathan Hochman said 33 vehicles safely drove past the area before Bickham sped down the freeway.
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Costco opted to open a gas station only in a shopping center that hugs the 5 freeway at Oso Parkway.
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In the living room, a pilot rearranges an untidy study desk.
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Worn or half-empty cereal boxes and chip bags disrupt the visual flow of open shelving and look untidy.
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“Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/street. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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