1
as in street
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a city famous for its broad, tree-lined avenues
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2
as in route
an established course for traveling from one place to another
the two main avenues available to those joining in the California gold rush were the trail across the Southwest desert or the hazard-filled loop around Central and South America
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Recent Examples of avenue
Conspiracy theories on Butler shooting persist In more than a year since the shooting and preliminary investigation took place, the FBI has released little additional information about Crooks, opening another avenue for conspiracies to run amok, the New York Times reported.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
The Jaguars allowed the lowest pass pressure rate in Week 1, so Cincinnati will have to blitz to get pressure this week, opening avenues for Lawrence to go after the Bengals’ subpar coverage players.
—Kc Joyner, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Having entirely new avenues to chase down is tremendous.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The campaign features a global flagship on Shanghai’s most storied avenue, Chinese actor Wei Daxun as Asia-Pacific brand ambassador and all-new women’s collections.
—Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
The Jaguars allowed the lowest pass pressure rate in Week 1, so Cincinnati will have to blitz to get pressure this week, opening avenues for Lawrence to go after the Bengals’ subpar coverage players.
—Kc Joyner, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Having entirely new avenues to chase down is tremendous.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The campaign features a global flagship on Shanghai’s most storied avenue, Chinese actor Wei Daxun as Asia-Pacific brand ambassador and all-new women’s collections.
—Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenue
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Mounted officers and sniffer dogs patrolled the streets near Windsor and Eton Central railway station, monitoring arrivals and maintaining security around the historic town.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Footage of the protests showed Ecuadorians clashing with police forces in the capital city of Quito on Tuesday as protesters dismantled fences and barriers while police fired tear gas in the streets.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cocaine production in Colombia has soared as the government takes a hands-off approach to coca cultivation, fueling a wave of violence across Latin America as cartels vie for control of trafficking routes.—
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semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The easy route takes visitors along a disused rail line for a gentle jaunt in one of the Pacific Northwest's loveliest regions.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
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Residents have told the Riverworks Development Corporation that many trucks use neighborhood roads instead of sticking to West Vienna Avenue and North Third Street, which are the two thoroughfares bordering the warehouse.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Since its opening in mid-June, the experimental project has driven a 25 percent increase in total sales across the West Nanjing Road thoroughfare.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Since that meeting, during which allies expressed optimism of a path forward on security guarantees, no progress has materialized.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The advance gives sodium batteries a clearer path to compete with lithium.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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The project aims to remove more than 1 million heavy goods vehicles from roads in the western Alps between France and Italy.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Most of them are going to come down to track position, pit strategy, executing on pit road.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This comprehensive approach transforms AI from a mere tool into a thinking companion for life’s biggest questions.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The pair referred to, Vanderbilt University’s Daniel Diermeier and Washington University’s Andrew Martin, have taken a very different approach than the maximalist resistance stance of many elite university leaders.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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The same goes for the highway—in fact, potential customers would be hard-pressed to find better in this department for the price offered.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Along a dirt road off the narrow highway that hugs the northern shore the taro leaves extend like waving hands from the quilt of rectangular pools so shallow that the birds in them stand with their leg joints exposed.—
Matt Negrin,
Rolling Stone,
20 Sep. 2025
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Nobody needed to learn to merge onto the actual freeway when these fast and wide sections of La Brea and La Cienega were freeway enough.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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In drone footage shared by San Francisco outlet KTVU, all lanes across Interstate 80 are blocked with traffic, with the chaos of the event spilling onto the freeway.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Avenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenue. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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