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
Dana Afana, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
He was seen sitting on KU’s bench in street clothes before the game.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
The late King of Pop has enough tunes in his bag for anyone to serenade sweetly under the covers, but for Pink Sweat$, this song proves that the icon was able to keep it street while being sweet.
—Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 28 May 2021
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Noun
The sign honoring Mudge will be at the intersection of Brooklyn and Porter streets.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
He was seen sitting on KU’s bench in street clothes before the game.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The tree removal is part of a multi-street paving program planned by the city.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
The late King of Pop has enough tunes in his bag for anyone to serenade sweetly under the covers, but for Pink Sweat$, this song proves that the icon was able to keep it street while being sweet.
—Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 28 May 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for street
Noun
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Running Fence was envisioned as a fabric-laden fence that would traverse Sonoma and Marin counties in Northern California to the sea, crossing roads, highways, and private property.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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If there is no parking lot or driveway to pull into, pull your vehicle off to the side of the road as far as possible.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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With gruff vocals, intensely honest lyrics and compositions that range from messy alt-rock to grungy folk, Maeson's album, and captivating live show, brings listeners into his head and home.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Nov. 2025
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Probably some kind of grungy T-shirt and jeans.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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Newsom’s closure of that highway, where shrapnel actually fell on police vehicles, probably saved both lives and plenty of property damage.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Yet like many other Z&L endeavors in San Jose, that project has fizzled, and the old church remains a forlorn structure next to an unkempt field in downtown San Jose.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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They’ve been stigmatized as unkempt or unprofessional, banned in schools and workplaces through discriminatory policies that the CROWN Act was created to dismantle.—
Jailynn Tayor,
Essence,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Dior has opened its first boutique in Sweden on Stockholm’s Birger Jarlsgatan Avenue, the city’s top shopping thoroughfare, with brands including Chanel, Bottega Veneta, Moncler and a host of local high-end stores.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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It is situated at the intersection of two long thoroughfares — one that runs north to south and a second that runs east to west — which might have been used as processional routes.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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The other near certainty in Lead Actor should be Gary Oldman, who anchors Slow Horses with a slovenly charisma that is, against all odds, deeply watchable.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
24 May 2025
Noun
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The city is home to endless freeways, not-great public transportation, dry air and hard water, clout-chasing name-droppers, oppressive wellness culture, and $20 status smoothies (which are delicious, sorry to say).—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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For Travis Lyon, a member of the Alpine Community Planning Group, an ongoing lack of park space in Alpine means taking his kids down the freeway to Santee Lakes or Pine Valley.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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For all their control, Chelsea remain most vulnerable when the game becomes untidy.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
1 Nov. 2025
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Many plants, shrubs, and trees on the three-acre landscape had been ravaged by back-to-back hurricanes, while others had become overgrown and untidy.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/street. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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