as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
there's an accident on the main artery into town, so I'll be late
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Recent Examples of artery
According to the death certificate from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office, obtained by Rolling Stone, O’Hara’s immediate cause of death was a pulmonary embolism (a clot that stops blood from flowing to an artery in the lung).
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
Taking very high doses—such as 10,000 IU a day for months—can interfere with calcium absorption and raise the risk of side effects, including nausea, kidney stones, and calcium buildup in the arteries.
—Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 9 Feb. 2026
Iranian officials said the ships were identified through intelligence monitoring and seized during coordinated naval operations in the Persian Gulf, a vital artery for global energy markets.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
In tandem with Gemini Cooperation partner Hapag-Lloyd, the company is taking it further this month by shifting an India-to-Mediterranean Sea loop back to the trade artery.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
Taking very high doses—such as 10,000 IU a day for months—can interfere with calcium absorption and raise the risk of side effects, including nausea, kidney stones, and calcium buildup in the arteries.
—Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 9 Feb. 2026
Iranian officials said the ships were identified through intelligence monitoring and seized during coordinated naval operations in the Persian Gulf, a vital artery for global energy markets.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
In tandem with Gemini Cooperation partner Hapag-Lloyd, the company is taking it further this month by shifting an India-to-Mediterranean Sea loop back to the trade artery.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artery
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Lamont, who tried unsuccessfully to convince legislators in 2019 and 2020 to approve electronic tolling on state highways, warned in November that Connecticut might need to curb borrowing for highway, bridge and rail repairs.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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Many of those original roads have faded away, swallowed by high-speed highways or erased by suburban expansion.—
Josh Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Bass announced a new clean streets initiative to ‘accelerate beautification’ of major thoroughfares throughout the city.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The proposal for 1000 Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield is the latest in a string of plans to convert the sprawling, 100,000-square-foot building for a use that reflects the town’s vision for creating more storefronts, restaurants and shops along a major thoroughfare in town.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
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At peak periods, the lookout has drawn thousands of people a day, overwhelming narrow access roads and limited parking facilities.—
Trista Kurniawan,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Hogs never trailed in their second straight road win.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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The driver was dumping dirt into a nearby construction zone and left the trailer up while merging onto the freeway.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The 688 is likely to suffer from slow commute times due to the issues described above, as well as service disruption caused by frequent freeway crashes (35 crashes a day in our county in 2022).—
Chris Roberts,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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In a first-of-its-kind event for NASCAR, all three national series will travel to Southern California and race on the streets of Naval Base Coronado, the island facility across the bay from downtown San Diego.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Oval holes in the walls once held lamps to light the street after dark.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Rarely, salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
6 Jan. 2026
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The budding link between breast arterial calcification, also called vascular calcification, and heart disease is just that.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
3 Jan. 2026
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This week, Google went the bond route.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The emerging pattern includes architectures that route tasks to the simplest effective model, escalate only when necessary, and continuously balance accuracy with speed and cost.—
Abhas Ricky,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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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,
9 Feb. 2026
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His victim was trying to cross the southbound lanes of the expressway when Blakney’s Chevrolet Suburban rammed into him.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Artery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artery. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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