as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
one of the main arterials connecting the airport with the city
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Recent Examples of arterial
Most arterials, while an essential part of the transportation system, have been designed for speed rather than safety, with broad lanes and shoulders, wide curves and good sight lines.
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Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Types of roads Roadways fall into one of four general classifications: interstate highways; arterials; connector roads, which connect local streets with arterials; and local streets.
—Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Supervised exercise, often prescribed to patients at risk for peripheral arterial disease, requires a $10 to $20 copay each for a dozen visits to a rehabilitation center that might be an hour's drive away.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
All vehicles parked on side streets must be on the odd-numbered side of the street by 10 p.m.
To look up arterials visit milwaukee.gov/parkingregulations.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
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Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Types of roads Roadways fall into one of four general classifications: interstate highways; arterials; connector roads, which connect local streets with arterials; and local streets.
—Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Supervised exercise, often prescribed to patients at risk for peripheral arterial disease, requires a $10 to $20 copay each for a dozen visits to a rehabilitation center that might be an hour's drive away.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
All vehicles parked on side streets must be on the odd-numbered side of the street by 10 p.m.
To look up arterials visit milwaukee.gov/parkingregulations.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arterial
Noun
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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The highway has over twice the average crash rate of Missouri expressways.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 Apr. 2025
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Electric cars hit the roads and smart phones hit the stores.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Chubs had a long road to this seemingly happy ending.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The northernmost stretches of the road, and other thoroughfares stitching together Fort Worth’s northern outskirts, have had to cope with intense population booms in recent years.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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The investigation has streets blocked around the intersection of two main thoroughfares, Northwest 183rd Street and Northwest Seventh Avenue.—
David J. Neal,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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This is not the homeless problem that New Yorkers are most familiar with: people sleeping on subway cars or begging for change on street corners, often struggling with mental illness or addiction.—
Jonah Markowitz,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Truck Driver Swallowed by Giant Sinkhole in Japan as Rescuers Work to Retrieve Vehicle Resident Terrance Perkins told WFAA that during heavy rain, streets in the area bear the brunt of the overflow of water from the White Rock Lake and Prairie Creek dams.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Although Joshua seemed healthy prior to the move, he was rushed to a hospital on Friday, March 28, and suffered a heart attack, sepsis and clogged arteries, his mother, Sylvia Johnson, previously told ABC affiliate WSB.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Depending on the severity, renal artery stenosis can impair kidney function, leading to complications like high blood pressure and kidney failure.1 Causes & Associated Risk Factors Renal artery stenosis most commonly happens when cholesterol plaque builds up in the renal arteries (atherosclerosis).—
Anju Goel,
Verywell Health,
1 Apr. 2025
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Late night and early morning commuters can expect detours along the freeways linking Fort Worth to Weatherford this weekend.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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The slow-speed pursuit traveled on freeways in Oceanside, Carlsbad and then back toward Escondido.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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American military veteran hijacks plane in Belize, officials say The airplane, which had only 14 passengers on board, had been due to fly the short route from Corozal near the Mexican border to San Pedro, a popular tourist destination off the coast.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Amanda McPherson, 38, and Johnathon McPherson, 27, were caught when detectives discovered seemingly unrelated cases of fraud shared the same postal routes, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 17 news release.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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Minutes before his disabled car was rear-ended in a hit-and-run crash that killed him, nightlife impresario Darryl Mathis Jr. was posting video to Instagram on the misfortune of being stranded on a Bronx expressway in the middle of the night.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
24 Mar. 2025
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Some Chicago expressways are already using ramp metering.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Arterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arterial. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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