Thesaurus results for AIRWAY

airway

noun

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as in artery

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Recent Examples of airway Polidore worked to clear Emmett's airway and began ventilating him. — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026 This can lead to numerous health problems, including low blood sugar, fragile bones, traumatic injuries, congenital heart, airway and eye problems and even hydrocephalus, where excess fluid puts pressure on their brain. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 Anesthesia teams protect the airway, manage hemodynamics, and support the delicate balance required for neuromonitoring. — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Both receptors are common on human airway cells High levels of stimulation are detrimental, the researchers wrote, whereas moderate levels indicating small amounts of time spent in cowsheds seemed to be beneficial. — Baltimore Sun, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for airway

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Noun

These compounds may help protect the cells lining blood vessels and improve the ability of arteries to relax and expand, which can lower blood pressure and reduce strain on the heart.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
That's partly because some surgeons have more experience than others using kidneys with complex anatomy such as extra arteries, or those from older, sicker donors that still may be better than dialysis for the right patient.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of artery

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The Broad will not close down during construction, Heyler said, but the third floor will shut down entirely at a certain point late next year as construction crews work to create the passageway from the original building to the expansion.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, a container ship sank in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday as Iran ramps up attacks on commercial vessels in an effort to block crude exports in the passageway.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of passageway

Noun

The Silverado then veered off the roadway, traveled up an embankment and overturned, coming to rest on its roof in the third lane.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Once-barren lots have been excavated to lay foundations for apartments, roadways and restaurants.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of roadway

Noun

In the city of Hurricane in far southwestern Utah, a shipping container drifting down a street gave way Friday to a mess of mud and debris to be cleaned up as people who had evacuated earlier in the week returned home.

— MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
There are few occasions that garner such good-willed camaraderie in New York City as the annual marathon, though the Knicks historic win this summer brought people out into the streets in rivaling numbers.

— Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Those assurances preceded Machado’s dramatic reappearance Sunday at a Catholic church in Lara state and a journey across northern Venezuela that drew thousands of cheering supporters to highways and city streets.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
The couple perished in an Oregon highway crash in November 2025.

— Eric Mack , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of highway

Noun

Chu recommends the side streets near popular thoroughfares for less traffic and therefore more generous candy offerings.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026
In Bordeaux, Rue Sainte-Catherine, the city’s main shopping thoroughfare, was hit by widespread damage.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

Noun

The canals and the first phase of Panther Island development can proceed independently of the bypass channel, according to that TRWD document.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
Frank Darling, another buzzy online engagement ring retailer, takes advantage of something called a bypass shank in the above ring, which implies that the ends of the band curve past the center stone versus generating a straight, uniform loop.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

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