Main Street
noun
1
: the principal street of a small town
2
a
: the sections of a country centering about its small towns
b
: a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism
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The plane ultimately landed on a hill behind a Circle K gas station on Greenwood's Main Street.
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 31 July 2025
According to the Danville Police Department, officers responded just after 11:30 a.m. to reports of a man on fire outside the offices of Showcase Magazine on Main Street.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 30 July 2025
As part of the multi-million infrastructure project, the town decided in March to remove 36 trees along LaSalle Road and one tree on South Main Street as part of the West Hartford Center Infrastructure Project, according to the director of public works and town tree warden John Phillips.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2025
The Main Street project also has a Central Phase, extending from Second to 10th streets, and a West Phase going from 10th to 22nd streets.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2025
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 31 July 2025
According to the Danville Police Department, officers responded just after 11:30 a.m. to reports of a man on fire outside the offices of Showcase Magazine on Main Street.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 30 July 2025
As part of the multi-million infrastructure project, the town decided in March to remove 36 trees along LaSalle Road and one tree on South Main Street as part of the West Hartford Center Infrastructure Project, according to the director of public works and town tree warden John Phillips.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2025
The Main Street project also has a Central Phase, extending from Second to 10th streets, and a West Phase going from 10th to 22nd streets.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2025
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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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