as in highways
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
there's an accident on the main artery into town, so I'll be late
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Recent Examples of arteries
Content is simply there, clogging up the arteries of streaming services and clickbait sites, offering up buffets of empty calories and almost instant amnesia.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
The book reveals many such journeys, tracking the garbage of rich countries along hidden arteries toward some of the planet’s poorest places.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Videos showed massive columns of Ukrainian vehicles along key supply arteries destroyed or disabled.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Mar. 2025
The star had previously had a balloon catheter inserted into one of his arteries in 1990 after being hospitalized with chest pains.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The film’s signature image is that of its protagonist, Maria Wyeth (Tuesday Weld), driving along the highways of Greater Los Angeles in her bright-yellow Corvette, the arteries and cloverleaf intersections all helping create the impression of someone going around in circles.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Cartel members using automatic weapons blocked main arteries across the city, quickly outgunning soldiers.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
Los Gatos resident Rob Stump lives in another one of these communities in the town’s hillsides, with only one road that would lead onto the town’s main arteries like Los Gatos Boulevard and University Avenue.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
This helps check for common complications such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs' arteries).
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Mar. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
The book reveals many such journeys, tracking the garbage of rich countries along hidden arteries toward some of the planet’s poorest places.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Videos showed massive columns of Ukrainian vehicles along key supply arteries destroyed or disabled.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Mar. 2025
The star had previously had a balloon catheter inserted into one of his arteries in 1990 after being hospitalized with chest pains.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The film’s signature image is that of its protagonist, Maria Wyeth (Tuesday Weld), driving along the highways of Greater Los Angeles in her bright-yellow Corvette, the arteries and cloverleaf intersections all helping create the impression of someone going around in circles.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Cartel members using automatic weapons blocked main arteries across the city, quickly outgunning soldiers.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
Los Gatos resident Rob Stump lives in another one of these communities in the town’s hillsides, with only one road that would lead onto the town’s main arteries like Los Gatos Boulevard and University Avenue.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
This helps check for common complications such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs' arteries).
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arteries
Noun
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There are 545 active capital projects planned for this year on state highways, bridges and roads.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
24 Mar. 2025
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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,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Officials do not block Canal, one of the city's most-trafficked thoroughfares.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
3 Jan. 2025
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In Overland Park, crews are in the process of spreading salt on residential streets as of Friday afternoon, and will move to salting main thoroughfares on Saturday before the rain starts.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On Monday, crews are continuing to work to clear the roads as temperatures sits near zero with negative wind chills.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2025
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Crews are working to clear snow and ice from roads after blizzard conditions Sunday brought 8-12 inches of snow in various parts of the metro, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Poppies and tulips will soon blossom, most noticeably along the banks of local freeways.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Stone and other residents say that a Caltrans program designed to improve neighborhoods around freeways, especially those with socio-economic challenges, has brought a ray of color and hope.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Nearly 41% of fatalities on Michigan roadways in 2023 involved alcohol and/or drugs.—
Natalie Davies,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024
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During the advisory, slippery travel conditions are possible, especially on untreated roadways.—
Claire Reid,
Journal Sentinel,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Advertisement The organization said the vehicle was spotted at the intersection of Jefferson and Sepulveda boulevards in Culver City.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Dec. 2024
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The plane crashed on 126 Street, near the intersection of Hawthorne and El Segundo boulevards.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Nov. 2024
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“Arteries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arteries. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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