Thesaurus results for ARTERY

artery

noun

ˈär-tə-rē

Definition of artery next

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 When the war started, governments scrambled to adapt to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery for energy flowing to Asia. —

ABC News, 11 May 2026 Like a vibrantly hued snake darting down the narrow branch of a tree, the collective of high-performance automobiles rapidly navigates the narrow, serpentine artery along the Northeastern Italian coast, a quicksilver-like tracing of the border between Il Bel Paese and Slovenia. —

Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 May 2026 The Taiwan Strait is also a critical artery for the artificial intelligence revolution’s most essential resources. —

Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026 But Henry Wilshire’s agreement with the city presaged a long struggle to build the system’s central artery, the D Line, which runs east to west underneath the city, roughly along the path of Wilshire Boulevard. —

Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for artery

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Williams happened to be passing by as the young dancer was pushing her car down the highway with a friend, and Williams along with his manager stopped to help and was quickly charmed.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
The backstory South America’s largest city sprawls as far as the eye can see with towers and highways, which explains how this part of town (not the most central) has become a hub for meetings.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026