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a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
going the wrong way on a one-way street
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Recent Examples of street
Acielle / Style Du Monde, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2025
Standing as tall as six stories, these large structures with mansard roofs provided modern apartments while, along with the broad streets, gave Paris a visual unity—along with giving ample subject matter to the Impressionists for their paintings!
—Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 14 Jan. 2025
John Spink, ajc, 24 Feb. 2022
The tree removal is part of a multi-street paving program planned by the city.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
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Noun
If there’s a higher-than-normal amount of street stylers sporting Tabis in Florence this season, there’s a good reason.
—Acielle / Style Du Monde, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2025
Standing as tall as six stories, these large structures with mansard roofs provided modern apartments while, along with the broad streets, gave Paris a visual unity—along with giving ample subject matter to the Impressionists for their paintings!
—Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Earlier this month, the Georgia Department of Public Safety coordinated with state and local law enforcement agencies for the 40th wave of its crime suppression and anti-street racing initiative.
—John Spink, ajc, 24 Feb. 2022
The tree removal is part of a multi-street paving program planned by the city.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for street
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The Weather Channel is warning of slick roads and possible travel delays. Monday, with a high of just 25 and a low reaching around 10 degrees, is predicted to mark the beginning of a prolonged period of frigid conditions.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Aides expect Trump will return occasionally to Mar-a-Lago during the next four years, but for now, the show is moving 1,000 miles up the road.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Production has ceased on Season 2 of the Big Talk Studios series about an 18th-century highway robber, putting a cast and crew of hundreds out of work with nothing to show for their efforts.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Limited driving range tends to be an issue when driving longer distances on the highway, creating an additional incentive to conserve fuel.—
Peter Douglas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Melding the perils of modern video streaming and the grungy, lo-fi internet of yesteryear, the game’s core loop involves hosting live streams of increasingly risqué supernatural content.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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The cinematography by Teck Zee Tan is also stellar, relying on evocative lens flares and rich blues to add style to this grungy war film.—
Robert Daniels,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The once-leafy thoroughfares known as the Alphabet Streets now look like a nuclear bomb detonated at the Chase bank in the nearby shopping village.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2025
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That triggered a new mandatory evacuation order for an area from Sunset Boulevard to Encino Reservoir, and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon, with sections of the thoroughfare remaining closed to ward off excess traffic in the West Los Angeles area.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Most wine lovers know that the word Sauvignon comes from the French word sauvage and the word blanc simply means white, but most people don’t know the reason is because when untrained vines of the variety have a distinctly unkempt appearance.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
4 Nov. 2024
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But, as in these United States, the key question remains whether creeping totalitarianism — from the left and the right — will squeeze everyday people out of their inalienable right to just be their sometimes obnoxious, unkempt, idiosyncratic selves.—
Ed Wallace,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2024
Noun
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Range within the city is only around 120 miles (193 km) while cruising around on the freeway will decrease that number further to 71 miles (114 km).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Jan. 2025
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Where exactly on the freeway off-ramp was her daughter when she was struck and killed by a driver who kept going?—
Ryan Lillis,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Slough House is headed by the slovenly, flatulent, and frequently intoxicated Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who routinely heaps verbal abuse on his staff but is nonetheless a brilliant spymaster in his own smelly way.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Dec. 2024
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Corruption within the organization, after all, is as much a part of the show as Jackson Lamb’s slovenly habits and horrible diet.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Some of the city's oldest multifamily structures line the boulevard in one of its densest neighborhoods.—
Tara Prindiville,
NBC News,
9 Jan. 2025
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The event, started by journalist and walking aficionado Michael Schneider, has hundreds of Angelenos trekking the length of an iconic boulevard every November on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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“Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/street. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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