Thesaurus results for STREETS

streets

noun

Definition of streets

plural of street

as in roads

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel going the wrong way on a one-way street

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Recent Examples of streets The Basij run a nationwide network of volunteers who maintain a presence in the streets, government offices and cultural centers, seeking to ensure loyalty and ideological purity for Iran’s theocracy. — Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 This location is more residential, with quieter streets and approachable local trattorias, but offers several architecturally significant palaces and one of the city's oldest churches, the 11th-century San Zan Degola. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The jacarandas were in full effusion, stately and fragrant, tilting over the streets and scattering petals on the sidewalks. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 In addition to its combination of historic character, modern systems and design‑driven finishes, the house is set just blocks from McKinley Park, Sellands Neighborhood Cafe & Bar and some of Sacramento’s favorite streets. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Donnelson said seeing familiar streets damaged made the disaster particularly difficult. — Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026 ATVs are not allowed on city streets or sidewalks, police confirmed. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Pathway Home, Los Angeles County’s encampment removal program, has conducted 10 operations in the two cities and their immediate unincorporated islands, bringing a total of 303 people off the streets. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 The city is also considering entertainment zones near Golden 1 Center, the plaza park across from City Hall, and the intersection of 24th and K streets. — James Taylor, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for streets

Noun

Nepal’s Department of Roads says at least 19 motorable bridges and around 40 kilometers of roads have also been damaged or washed away.

— Milad Haghani, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Rescue efforts, still in their first stages, have been hampered by the fact that the floodwaters have washed away entire roads.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of roads

Noun

Key Biscayne The Village of Key Biscayne strictly prohibits all micromobility devices on streets, highways, sidewalks, bicycle paths, multiuse paths and trails, beaches and dunes unless otherwise authorized.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Two men were sentenced Thursday for staging crashes on New York City highways to get fraudulent insurance payouts.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of highways

Noun

Kitchens were structured for high throughput and delivery vehicles lined up on the other side of the building to take finished meals and speed them along critical thoroughfares for timely and low-cost delivery.

— George C. Lee II, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
According to the county, road improvements are coming for some of the thoroughfares near Boca Lago.

— Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of thoroughfares

Noun

The parking lot is west of Magnolia Avenue and just north of the interchange of the 91 and 5 freeways.

— Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026
Born to Mary Florence Webb, a nurse, and John Sherman Heilmann, a civil engineer, Heilmann split her childhood between the Bay Area and, after her father took a job building freeways, Los Angeles, by way of El Segundo, a seaside village nearby.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of freeways

Noun

Then the musical group collated the various streets, roads, places, drives, boulevards and cardinal directions into 53 seconds of gold.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 23 Aug. 2026
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is circulating photos of 27 people seen earlier this month at the auto supply business at Atlantic and Olympic boulevards.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of boulevards

Noun

That can mean choosing a better location for construction, alternate routes, backup power, improved early warning and financial tools such as insurance to speed recovery, Narasimhan said.

— Victoria Milko, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Major transit routes through the country closed entirely as the state fragmented into competing zones of control.

— Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of routes

Noun

The firm noted that major bridges like the Donghai Bridge and the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, as well as regional expressways, have reopened with standard speed limits restored.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026

Definition of expressways

Noun

For Pittsburghers, the project targets one of the city's most recognizable and heavily traveled roadways.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
The nature of the structure — with roadways cantilevered out under the Brooklyn Heights Promenade — precludes replacing one lane at a time, city officials told reporters last week.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026