Main Street
noun
1
: the principal street of a small town
2
a
: the sections of a country centering about its small towns
b
: a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism
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Gomez was located at the North Main Street location until last summer and moved to 1325 NW.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Jan. 2025
The Old Saybrook location was on Main Street in that popular shoreline town.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2025
Both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue have lagged Main Street in coming to terms with both the scale of the challenge and the scale of the opportunity.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Earlier this month, Main Street Sports officially emerged from bankruptcy, ending a nearly two-year ordeal.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Jan. 2025
The Old Saybrook location was on Main Street in that popular shoreline town.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2025
Both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue have lagged Main Street in coming to terms with both the scale of the challenge and the scale of the opportunity.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Earlier this month, Main Street Sports officially emerged from bankruptcy, ending a nearly two-year ordeal.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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