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
With leading labs already partnering closely with national security agencies, there are growing avenues through which to responsibly assess and manage such capabilities.
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Janet Egan, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
This is just one of those avenues—promote confusion.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
For Skims, the Nike pairing is another avenue of expansion for a company that in its six years has risen from a striver in the shapewear industry to its key player.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Within this system, there are avenues for the Trump administration to challenge court decisions.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
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Janet Egan, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
This is just one of those avenues—promote confusion.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
For Skims, the Nike pairing is another avenue of expansion for a company that in its six years has risen from a striver in the shapewear industry to its key player.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Within this system, there are avenues for the Trump administration to challenge court decisions.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for avenue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenue
Noun
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Hundreds of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters angrily confronted each other on the streets of a mainly Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday night as officials said Jews were targeted with antisemitic rhetoric.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Police searched a sidewalk and street roughly 20 minutes after the apparent sound of gunshots, but found no shell casings, no evidence of the shooting, and ultimately, no gun.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2025
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Also, airlines regularly make changes to their routes.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
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Jacksonville: Monday's through Thursday's routes will run one day late.—
Joy Jackson,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article Five months after Seattle completed its three-year construction project for a new bus rapid transit line along a main thoroughfare, neighbors are beginning to take stock.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Crossing seven modern-day prefectures and the snowy crags of the Japanese Alps, this thoroughfare, the Nakasendō, connected the imperial capital of Kyoto with the cultural capital of Edo (now Tokyo).—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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Money & Markets 10 high-paying and fast-growing jobs that don't require a college degree There are lots of great fields out there for people who didn't go to college By Start Slideshow Start Slideshow For many, the path to success starts with obtaining a college degree.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
28 Feb. 2025
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The ‘Rules of Acquisition’ The IRS was supposed to offer a path to stability for Hudgins-Bradley.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
28 Feb. 2025
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Putting off a little mess can mean an even bigger one down the road (or even warrant a call to the exterminator).—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2025
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Along the roads in this region, blue and green pump jacks nod like mechanical farm animals in the fields.—
Stanley Reed,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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But some conservatives and anti-tax groups say a massive bond measure is not the right approach.—
Kate Talerico,
The Mercury News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Image Microsoft has bet on an approach that few others are taking: combining semiconductors with superconductors.—
Cade Metz,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2025
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But the town’s cohesion frayed in the late twentieth century as factories shuttered, leaving behind dangerous pollution, and the construction of an interstate highway demolished the historic downtown.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The demonstration included a sign posted over the freeway as well as individuals pacing with Nazi flags, according to video that aired on the station.—
Joe Kottke,
NBC News,
8 Feb. 2025
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The 8-year-old girl stood in court and explained the immense sorrow a Sacramento police detective created when his car drifted off a freeway and fatally struck brothers Juan Carlos and Lionel Rodriguez.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacramento Bee,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Avenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenue. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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