Thesaurus results for ARTERY

artery

noun

ˈär-tə-rē

Definition of artery

as in highway

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel there's an accident on the main artery into town, so I'll be late

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Recent Examples of artery In 2016, Fitzpatrick had a 15½-hour surgery where doctors reconstructed half her tongue, using veins and arteries from her arm and thighs. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 Everything that keeps the testicle alive and functional runs through the spermatic cord — arteries, veins, nerves and lymphatics, bundled together along with the vas deferens. — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 25 June 2026 The district is in the final planning stages of what could be a $360 million project to pipe a main artery leading to more than a thousand landowners between Bend and Redmond, Oregon. — Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026 Park Loop Road, Acadia National Park, Maine The loop through Acadia National Park can be completed in an hour when summer tourists aren't clogging the 27-mile, two-lane artery. — Sarah Rose, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for artery

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Noun

Several northbound lanes of I-5 were closed north of Templin Highway as fire vehicles staged on the highway and multiple firefighting helicopters performed water drops from above, according to social media posts from the Angeles National Forest.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Drivers traveling south from Ouray to Silverton, will be on the steep outer side of the highway, while those driving north from Silverton to Ouray will hug the inside of the cliff face.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Definition of highway

Noun

The unearthed quarters included north-south thoroughfares intersected by east-west streets, forming open squares and public spaces, said Hisham el-Leithy, secretary general of the supreme council of antiquities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Others outside proudly waved their flags on the neighborhood thoroughfare, Westwood Boulevard.

— Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

Noun

Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.

— Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
Entire buildings and roads were submerged in Accra on Monday, cutting off access to several areas of the Ghanian capital and in the neighboring city of Tema.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026

Definition of road

Noun

Deputies alerted neighboring authorities before finding the man driving on Fair Oaks Boulevard near Kenneth Avenue and attempting to initiate the traffic stop that began the freeway chase.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
The 664-foot-wide by 120-foot-tall Prado Dam Bicentennial Mural, located near the intersection of the 91 and 71 freeways near Corona, turned 50.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of freeway

Noun

For group 1’s pulmonary arterial hypertension, there are now 17 drugs developed over the last 25 years that can ease symptoms and prolong life.

— Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 June 2026
Here’s what the facility, located on a busy arterial crowded with large commercial vehicles, has looked like this week.

— David Williams, CNN Money, 29 May 2026

Definition of arterial

Noun

The new proposal for the future of the global commercial shipping route was first reported by The New York Times, citing an Iranian official and four diplomats with knowledge of the matter.

— Abigail Williams, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Reynolds was on her USPS route when the incident happened, Postal Inspector Jessica Adams told USA TODAY.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of route

Noun

About two thirds is south of Interstate 595 and one third north of the expressway.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
The alert triggered temporary closures along a major highway, the Décarie expressway, as well as a temporary shutdown of significant sections of two subway lines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026

Definition of expressway

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