as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
one of the main arterials connecting the airport with the city
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Recent Examples of arterial
Most arterials, while an essential part of the transportation system, have been designed for speed rather than safety, with broad lanes and shoulders, wide curves and good sight lines.
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Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Types of roads Roadways fall into one of four general classifications: interstate highways; arterials; connector roads, which connect local streets with arterials; and local streets.
—Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Supervised exercise, often prescribed to patients at risk for peripheral arterial disease, requires a $10 to $20 copay each for a dozen visits to a rehabilitation center that might be an hour's drive away.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
All vehicles parked on side streets must be on the odd-numbered side of the street by 10 p.m.
To look up arterials visit milwaukee.gov/parkingregulations.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
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Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Types of roads Roadways fall into one of four general classifications: interstate highways; arterials; connector roads, which connect local streets with arterials; and local streets.
—Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Supervised exercise, often prescribed to patients at risk for peripheral arterial disease, requires a $10 to $20 copay each for a dozen visits to a rehabilitation center that might be an hour's drive away.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
All vehicles parked on side streets must be on the odd-numbered side of the street by 10 p.m.
To look up arterials visit milwaukee.gov/parkingregulations.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arterial
Noun
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Here's what traffic is looking like today on Kansas 10 highway between Kansas City and Lawrence.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
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Fewer vehicles on our roads also lessen the need for costly and harmful highway expansions, which consistently fail to reduce traffic.—
Jill Locantore,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2025
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From Stagecoach, the California native will head to Las Vegas with his current road band — guitarist Joe Satriani, drummer Kenny Aronoff and former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony — to launch a residency at the Park MGM casino.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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The road that leads to the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit to Canada, is notoriously difficult to navigate, even for locals.—
Jasmine Garsd,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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Safer streets, stronger neighborhoods, and city services that actually serve.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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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
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Exposure to long-term pollution accelerates the buildup of plaque in the arteries around the heart, increases the chances of heart failure and arrhythmias, and increases the likelihood of strokes.—
Alejandra Borunda,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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Peripheral Artery Disease Peripheral artery disease occurs when blood vessels become clogged with plaque, decreasing blood flow, commonly in the legs.—
Jennifer Steinhoff,
Verywell Health,
22 Apr. 2025
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On the somewhat obscure 78 freeway north of San Diego the Navigator consistently dealt with surrounding traffic by maintaining safe distances with driver involvement.—
Karl Brauer,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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What To Know At about 1:30 a.m. Friday morning, Landeros' vehicle was seen traveling on the I-10 freeway near the city of Beaumont.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025
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The highway has over twice the average crash rate of Missouri expressways.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Arterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arterial. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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