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Recent Examples of avenue The court said there are legal avenues to address disagreements about abuses of a parliamentary majority and that mobilising the military was a grave violation of Yoon’s constitutional duty. Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025 That’s a window that is the preferred avenue for watching for many people. Michael Schneider, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025 Teams will continue to explore avenues, however unconventional, to help their players. Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025 In a bathroom, wallpaper, tiles, shower curtains, and towels are wonderful avenues for incorporating pattern. Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for avenue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenue
Noun
  • Others left in their cars, dodging bodies that lay in the streets.
    Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The restaurant serves terrific pizza and even better cheesesteaks that draw long lines running down the street or, some days, up the street the other way, just to keep life interesting.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • American military veteran hijacks plane in Belize, officials say The airplane, which had only 14 passengers on board, had been due to fly the short route from Corozal near the Mexican border to San Pedro, a popular tourist destination off the coast.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Amanda McPherson, 38, and Johnathon McPherson, 27, were caught when detectives discovered seemingly unrelated cases of fraud shared the same postal routes, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 17 news release.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The northernmost stretches of the road, and other thoroughfares stitching together Fort Worth’s northern outskirts, have had to cope with intense population booms in recent years.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The investigation has streets blocked around the intersection of two main thoroughfares, Northwest 183rd Street and Northwest Seventh Avenue.
    David J. Neal, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Kelenic also doesn't have a clear path to playing time in Atlanta.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • They are already scheduled to appear before the board on June 13 as part of a comprehensive risk assessment report ordered by Newsom, who is considering the brothers’ clemency request – a separate potential path out of prison.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Electric cars hit the roads and smart phones hit the stores.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The Chubs had a long road to this seemingly happy ending.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ultimately, the new police chief must value community, embrace diversity, and promote a responsive, inclusive approach to law enforcement.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Another approach: pen a sweet letter to read aloud that your better half can later hold onto as a keepsake.
    Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Reduced graphene oxide is a high-speed highway for electrons, while the nickel-iron elements store charge through a fast pseudocapacitive mechanism.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Late night and early morning commuters can expect detours along the freeways linking Fort Worth to Weatherford this weekend.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The slow-speed pursuit traveled on freeways in Oceanside, Carlsbad and then back toward Escondido.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Avenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenue. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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