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
  • On Monday, crews are continuing to work to clear the roads as temperatures sits near zero with negative wind chills.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Crews are working to clear snow and ice from roads after blizzard conditions Sunday brought 8-12 inches of snow in various parts of the metro, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of roads
Noun
  • The growth in automobile sales, airline and bus travel, subsidized highways, civil unrest in ’67 and ’68, and white flight to the suburbs all took a toll on national and local rail demand.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Officers from several different police departments in Greater Cincinnati were recently injured in a spate of crashes in which drivers struck emergency vehicles responding on local highways.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of highways
Noun
  • In Overland Park, crews are in the process of spreading salt on residential streets as of Friday afternoon, and will move to salting main thoroughfares on Saturday before the rain starts.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Officials do not block Canal, one of the city's most-trafficked thoroughfares.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of thoroughfares
Noun
  • The city will also ask employers to let workers work at home rather than clog the freeways as usual.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Southern Californians can expect to see high wait times at the airports and congested traffic on the freeways during the holidays this year.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of freeways
Noun
  • Advertisement The organization said the vehicle was spotted at the intersection of Jefferson and Sepulveda boulevards in Culver City.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The plane crashed on 126 Street, near the intersection of Hawthorne and El Segundo boulevards.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of boulevards
Noun
  • Nearly 41% of fatalities on Michigan roadways in 2023 involved alcohol and/or drugs.
    Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
  • During the advisory, slippery travel conditions are possible, especially on untreated roadways.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of roadways
Noun
  • However, further testing showed that her arteries were clear.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The dye makes your arteries appear bright and white on the scan pictures so blockages can be easier to see.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of arteries
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