Thesaurus results for AVENUE

avenue

noun

ˈa-və-ˌnü

Definition of avenue

as in street

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel a city famous for its broad, tree-lined avenues

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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 Swallowed up by offices and skyscrapers, Simon Kim’s three-level, multi-restaurant space 550 Madison looks like a brutalist submarine, a church, or a spaceship rising out of the avenue. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 2 July 2026 Those resources include avenues to help seniors maintain regular exercise, ongoing positive social connections, appropriate living situations, transportation and more. — Rachel Brown Kirkland, AJC.com, 2 July 2026 This action appears part of a broader trend indicating the IRS is narrowing administrative avenues for international taxpayers to resolve past noncompliance. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 The commission resolution, approved June 26 with Commissioner Miguel Gabela absent, instructs City Attorney George Wysong to explore legal avenues to blunt Live Local’s impact on the city, including potentially suing the state. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for avenue

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Noun

Parents pushed strollers with infants, as men, women and children of all ages crammed onto the street.

— Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
The bike lane is raised a little from the street, and then the sidewalk is raised a little from the bike lane.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of street

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

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

Mouth Competitive eaters have a unique approach to eating that differs significantly from that of the average person.

— Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
But even opening on 1,500 screens, Harris’ brilliantly dexterous approach proved too much for the film’s marketers.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026

Definition of approach

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

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

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