streets

noun

Definition of streetsnext
plural of street
as in roads
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel going the wrong way on a one-way street

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for streets
  1. roads
  2. highways
  3. thoroughfares
  4. freeways
  5. boulevards
  6. roadways
  7. arteries
Noun
  • Flash flooding from creeks and rivers conspired with Appalachian mudslides to sweep away scores of people, destroy homes and businesses, collapse roads and devastate entire communities.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Hundreds of homes and scores of roads were damaged or destroyed.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of roads
Noun
  • Total zero-emission vehicles registered is about 100,000, or 1 in 80 on the highways.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The effort builds on previous legislation that targeted animal passage and safety on state highways.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of highways
Noun
  • If Copenhagen's bike lanes favor speed demons, its pedestrian thoroughfares—and favorable topography—are well suited for leisurely exploration.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2024
  • New warehouse developments will need to be located on major thoroughfares or local roads that mainly serve commercial uses.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of thoroughfares
Noun
  • Continue reading … HAUNTING HIGHWAYS – Serial killers hide as long-haul truckers to terrorize America’s freeways, expert says.
    Fox News, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • All leftover funds would go toward preserving existing freeways, roads and public transit, meaning no expansion would take place.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of freeways
Noun
  • From the classic cafés of Prague to the boulevards of Warsaw lined with post-soviet buildings, a new class of wealth is emerging.
    Francois Botha, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Fall is arguably the best time to see the Austrian capital’s creamy Baroque architecture, leafy parks and grand boulevards.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
Definition of boulevards
Noun
  • Neighbors used chainsaws to clear roadways.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This is because more regional funding for roadways and bus operations frees up revenue in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa to go toward light rail.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of roadways
Noun
  • This portable device invented by a Taiwanese medical technology company uses a proprietary optical technology to effectively see through the skin on the top of your hand to reveal the veins and arteries beneath it in three dimensions.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The first measures systolic blood pressure, the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats and pumps blood.
    Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of arteries
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