Main Street

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Recent Examples of Main Street Wentworth Cheswill died in 1817, and he is buried in Cheswell Graveyard on South Main Street in Newmarket, New Hampshire. Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026 Trump took the stage in front of a mockup of an Old West Main Street. Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 3 July 2026 The shops on Main Street USA stay open 30 to 60 minutes after the park closes. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 July 2026 In recent days, detectives released surveillance photos and video from multiple shootings, including one near Main Street as crowds gathered June 21 and another later that night at a gas station, asking the public to help identify suspects. ABC News, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for Main Street
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Main Street
Noun
  • The second car drives onto a side street, stays there for just under two minutes, with the driver even getting out for a few seconds, before taking off.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • The car takes the first right onto a much darker side street.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • The Escape Game The modern high street has spent years searching for a convincing reason to make people stay longer.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Since a simple T-shirt on the high street can cost between $12 and $20, a single T-shirt sold at retail can bring in enough revenue for a major brand to buy nearly a kilogram of them at factory-floor prices.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • Thousands of miles of secondary roads are still paved this way today.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • There is no turning back, no compromise, no side road.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Meanwhile, as Bunny is on his way to the scene of the accident, a mysterious vehicle forces his driver, Lamar (Zuri James), down a side road, into a hail of bullets from masked gunmen.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2025

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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Main%20Street. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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