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
Teething troubles, surely forgivable, for the big reopening of four stations on the CTA’s Red Line, the transit agency’s flagship artery that can take you from Wrigley Field to Rate Field or, for many Chicagoans, from home to work.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
Standing water on the Cross Bronx Expressway caused the traffic artery to be closed in both directions at Macombs Road, emergency officials said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 15 July 2025
What Is Hypertension? High blood pressure, or hypertension, happens when the force of your blood pushing against the walls of the arteries is too high — a major risk factor for developing heart disease.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 11 July 2025
Farrington Highway, the main artery along the coast, can get clogged with just an accident.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
Standing water on the Cross Bronx Expressway caused the traffic artery to be closed in both directions at Macombs Road, emergency officials said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 15 July 2025
What Is Hypertension? High blood pressure, or hypertension, happens when the force of your blood pushing against the walls of the arteries is too high — a major risk factor for developing heart disease.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 11 July 2025
Farrington Highway, the main artery along the coast, can get clogged with just an accident.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artery
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Hill said resort partners and others along the Strip encouraged the pilot and were intrigued about a version of an underground highway stretching to other parts of the city.—
Stuart Dyos,
The Tennessean,
30 July 2025
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According to the outlet, debris from the collision hit a Ford Fusion after the loose parts crossed into the left side of the two-lane highway.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
30 July 2025
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Two summers ago, when torrential rains pounded Connecticut and caused widespread flooding, water gushed out of the lake beyond the existing dam on its way downstream, the culverts under Route 195 at full capacity, water coming close to flooding the main thoroughfare through campus.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025
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The largest of the lower-level shops (at 5,300 square feet) in the main retail thoroughfare, will offer books, souvenirs, toys, and to-go food and drink.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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As Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed its 6-foot-tall lunar lander on the moon’s surface around 2:34 a.m. Sunday morning, cheers erupted at the watch party at Haute Spot in Cedar Park, just down the road from where 50 Firefly operators monitored the landing.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Several road projects are in progress around the new Department of Veterans Affairs medical center on Brownsboro Road, which is scheduled to open to patients in 2026.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
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WisDOT's latest study proposes a more traditional intersection to connect with the freeway.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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The center, just off the 5 freeway on Culver Drive, now has the unique distinction of offering two Japanese grocery stores: Mitsuwa and Tokyo Central.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
28 July 2025
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Tristen Paige Smith, of Cincinnati, was killed in a July 21 shooting on Autumn Drive, a residential street in the city of over 9,000 residents, officials confirmed.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
26 July 2025
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The Double Log Cabin location was met with concerns from area residents about traffic and safety on surrounding rural and narrow streets such as Gwynn and Smith Roads.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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Original concepts showed the construction of a dedicated bike lane and sidewalk on each side of an arterial, and behind both curbs with a grass buffer.—
Mason Rouser,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Supervised exercise, often prescribed to patients at risk for peripheral arterial disease, requires a $10 to $20 co-pay each for a dozen visits to a rehabilitation center that might be an hour's drive away.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2024
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Some compare the terraced ruins to Machu Picchu, but with only a few dozen visitors reaching this architectural marvel every day via trekking routes loving cared for and protected by indigenous communities, the experience of a visit couldn't be further from that at the overrun city of the Incas.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Hundreds of species, from as far as South America, commonly stop in Kentucky to find food and rest their wings after traveling for miles along their aerial route.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
24 July 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,
28 July 2025
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Interstate 35 is born & more residents displaced Just a year after the viaduct opened, the City Plan Commission released an engineering report calling for a network of expressways to and through the city center, including a series of new highways cutting through the already struggling West Side.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
27 July 2025
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“Artery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artery. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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