1
as in street
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a city famous for its broad, tree-lined avenues
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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
The Italianate-style townhouse is located in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, near the corner of Park and Lexington avenues.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
Today, technology capabilities offer far more sophisticated functions than those in years past, and this offers another avenue for (re)discovering where GenAI and agentic systems can generate value.
—Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The billboard, which faces north at 11th and Grand avenues, depicts Trump shirtless, flabby, and chest-deep in murky water, wearing a golden crown.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Rodman soon found four baby ducklings in the catch basin of a sewer on 13th and Manitowoc avenues.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 5 July 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
Today, technology capabilities offer far more sophisticated functions than those in years past, and this offers another avenue for (re)discovering where GenAI and agentic systems can generate value.
—Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The billboard, which faces north at 11th and Grand avenues, depicts Trump shirtless, flabby, and chest-deep in murky water, wearing a golden crown.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Rodman soon found four baby ducklings in the catch basin of a sewer on 13th and Manitowoc avenues.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenue
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Outreach workers have already started visiting people in an undisclosed street camp to direct them to housing, a process expected to take four to six weeks for each site, Haring-Cozzi said.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 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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Wigginton believes the record could take less than six days and is meticulously planning the most efficient dive spots and route.—
Lara Terpstra,
Freep.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Several of the new routes start in October with the remainder rolling out through January 2026.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Aug. 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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The path is potentially clear for a Fantastic Four three-peat at next week's domestic cage match, though one film may possess the power to overtake the title.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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But here their paths had diverged—Sunny’s to New York City, Satya’s to Rochester.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 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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Among road games for Carty’s Blue Hens is a trip to Colorado on September 6 and a date at Wake Forest on November 22.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Cora certainly understands this process as the deadline approaches and what Boston is capable of if chief baseball officer Craig Breslow can add reinforcements.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Communities across Michigan — not just Detroit — were among several cities across the country that adopted the approach in response and used federal pandemic relief funds to invest in violence prevention.—
Andrea May Sahouri,
Freep.com,
25 July 2025
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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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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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“Avenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenue. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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