mews

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • There have been close to 50 deaths in the past decade on the A9, Scotland’s longest road, which has gained notoriety for its regular changes from single to multiple-lane highway.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
  • In its 60th year, this will be the first Flood Run since lane splitting and filtering became legal, according to a release from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and the Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Center.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Influential Australian rockers The Angels have been memorialized with a new mural and the naming of a laneway in their honor in the city of Adelaide.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Then, get lost in the maze of laneways and plazas housing eclectic international restaurants and shops selling clothing exemplifying Ibiza’s bohemian party style.
    Jennifer Fernández Solano, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Set in a downtown Mexico City backstreet whose inhabitants’ lives are closely interwoven, the film is split into four clear parts.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Without a studio deal or traditional packaging, the young trio’s goal has been to build an independent empire from the backstreets of London to the heart of Hollywood.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Heavy trucks account for about two gigatonnes of carbon dioxide annually, not to mention other emissions, so seeking cleaner alternatives to power them is a major priority in environmental circles.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Another, also built from white disks on a bending wire, evokes a mechanized Japanese cherry tree, its circles—perched high on a narrow stem—not revolving so much as brushing quickly past one another.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Mews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mews. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.

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