1
: a way of access : route
2
: a channel for pursuing a desired object
avenues of communication
3
a
chiefly British
: the principal walk or driveway to a house situated off a main road
b
: a broad passageway bordered by trees
4
: an often broad street or road
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Examples of avenue in a Sentence
We drove down the avenue.
We plan to pursue all available avenues to get our message to the public.
They have closed off that avenue of discussion.
a new avenue of research
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These additional savings avenues can help guard against the uncertainty of relying on a single type of retirement account, especially as life expectancy continues to rise in the U.S., albeit at a lower rate than other countries.
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Paula Thielen, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Traffic currently flows north on Dr. MLK Jr. Street and south on Eighth Street roughly between Ninth avenues North and South, carrying traffic from downtown and bustling Central Avenue to the interstate.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Still, TikTok retains several avenues for avoiding a ban in a high-stakes standoff that could be decided in its final hours, experts told ABC News.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
This legislation would change the actual statute of Title IX to explicitly exclude transgender people from a federal civil rights law — a major setback for LGBTQ+ rights that would leave trans and nonbinary students more open to discrimination and with fewer avenues to fight it.
—Orion Rummler, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
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Paula Thielen, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Traffic currently flows north on Dr. MLK Jr. Street and south on Eighth Street roughly between Ninth avenues North and South, carrying traffic from downtown and bustling Central Avenue to the interstate.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Still, TikTok retains several avenues for avoiding a ban in a high-stakes standoff that could be decided in its final hours, experts told ABC News.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
This legislation would change the actual statute of Title IX to explicitly exclude transgender people from a federal civil rights law — a major setback for LGBTQ+ rights that would leave trans and nonbinary students more open to discrimination and with fewer avenues to fight it.
—Orion Rummler, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Avenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avenue. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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avenue
noun
av·e·nue
ˈav-ə-ˌn(y)ü 
1
: a way or route to a place or goal : path
2
: a usually wide street
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