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
The district is in the final planning stages of what could be a $360 million project to pipe a main artery leading to more than a thousand landowners between Bend and Redmond, Oregon.
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
Everything that keeps the testicle alive and functional runs through the spermatic cord — arteries, veins, nerves and lymphatics, bundled together along with the vas deferens.
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Fried foods contain saturated fats, which can clog your arteries, as well as sodium, which can directly raise blood pressure.
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Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
25 June 2026
Park Loop Road, Acadia National Park, Maine The loop through Acadia National Park can be completed in an hour when summer tourists aren't clogging the 27-mile, two-lane artery.
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Sarah Rose,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
Everything that keeps the testicle alive and functional runs through the spermatic cord — arteries, veins, nerves and lymphatics, bundled together along with the vas deferens.
—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Fried foods contain saturated fats, which can clog your arteries, as well as sodium, which can directly raise blood pressure.
—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
25 June 2026
Park Loop Road, Acadia National Park, Maine The loop through Acadia National Park can be completed in an hour when summer tourists aren't clogging the 27-mile, two-lane artery.
—
Sarah Rose,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artery
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
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Work being done along Interstate 494 in Bloomington is just one of 200 projects the Minnesota Department of Transportation has scheduled this summer to fix up highways, bridges and other infrastructure.
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Foot traffic has slowed to a trickle, and the restaurant’s layout — with an almost entirely open wall that looks onto one of Boyle Height’s busiest thoroughfares — isn’t helping.
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Routinely vacuuming and doing quick sweeps with your wet mop can help tide you over until the kids are back in school or your house becomes a little less of a thoroughfare.
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Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.
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Entire buildings and roads were submerged in Accra on Monday, cutting off access to several areas of the Ghanian capital and in the neighboring city of Tema.
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District Attorney Nathan Hochman said 33 vehicles safely drove past the area before Bickham sped down the freeway.
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Costco opted to open a gas station only in a shopping center that hugs the 5 freeway at Oso Parkway.
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The exhibit opens Thursday afternoon across the street from a Revolutionary War battlefield linked to the cannons.
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The protest’s matriarch Unlike most of Albania’s protests in over three decades of democracy, the young people on the streets this time are joined by an increasing number of retirees.
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For group 1’s pulmonary arterial hypertension, there are now 17 drugs developed over the last 25 years that can ease symptoms and prolong life.
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Here’s what the facility, located on a busy arterial crowded with large commercial vehicles, has looked like this week.
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The new proposal for the future of the global commercial shipping route was first reported by The New York Times, citing an Iranian official and four diplomats with knowledge of the matter.
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Reynolds was on her USPS route when the incident happened, Postal Inspector Jessica Adams told USA TODAY.
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About two thirds is south of Interstate 595 and one third north of the expressway.
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The alert triggered temporary closures along a major highway, the Décarie expressway, as well as a temporary shutdown of significant sections of two subway lines.
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“Artery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artery. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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