1
as in street
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a city famous for its broad, tree-lined avenues
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2
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
In 2004, Chicago officials proclaimed the corner of Foster and Kedzie avenues in the North Park neighborhood as Kun Chae Bae Way, but Bae declined to allow the sign to be erected.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Storytelling becomes not mere diversion but a weapon, a means of survival, and — most movingly — an avenue for Cherry to discover her true desires.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Participation alone seems to be the end goal, the assemblage of a cacophony of voices without any avenues to interrogate the way power is shared or negotiated in collective spaces.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
The quest has led us down many theoretically interesting avenues, spawning ideas like extra dimensions, supersymmetry, proton decay, string theory, and many others.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 5 Sep. 2025
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Storytelling becomes not mere diversion but a weapon, a means of survival, and — most movingly — an avenue for Cherry to discover her true desires.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Participation alone seems to be the end goal, the assemblage of a cacophony of voices without any avenues to interrogate the way power is shared or negotiated in collective spaces.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
The quest has led us down many theoretically interesting avenues, spawning ideas like extra dimensions, supersymmetry, proton decay, string theory, and many others.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenue
Noun
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Trump maintains the ability to have National Guard troops and federal agencies continue to patrol city streets beyond his federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Cause of crash is being investigated Videos of the accident show the carriage toppled to its side and crashed into a building on the steep and narrow street, with parts of the streetcar crumpled.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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On fourth-and-12, Weaver bought time in the pocket before finding Gabriel Bess uncovered on a wheel route out of the backfield for a 28-yard touchdown to put Heritage up 23-14 at halftime.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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From 2021 to 2022, Austin Ekeler ran a position-high 734 routes, saw 196 targets and caught 157 passes for 1,209 receiving yards.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Since its opening in mid-June, the experimental project has driven a 25 percent increase in total sales across the West Nanjing Road thoroughfare.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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The main thoroughfares, Bridge Street and Castlebar Street, are lined with homegrown shops, cafés, and pubs situated in historic buildings.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Gateway — the Artemis program's pitstop space station in lunar orbit — has had a bumpy path inside the program's architecture.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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While it can be renewed indefinitely as long as the business remains operational, the E-2 visa does not provide a direct path to permanent residency.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Of course, other corporations have been down a similarly troubled road in recent years.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Bobcats went on the road Thursday night and struggled in the second half in a 38-21 loss against Lewisville at Max Goldsmith Stadium.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Was the patient approach the right one?—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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The two head down the highway, sitting side-by-side in Muñeco’s massive 18-wheeler.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets in response, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs to control the crowd.—
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Bates' car swerved off the freeway and came to a rest in a culvert, police said.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Avenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenue. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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