avenue
noun
a wide street or main thoroughfare.
avenues
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pluralof avenue.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She welcomed Wednesday's ruling, saying she had "pursued all available legal avenues" so as to "preserve the small amount of justice afforded to the Lovell family".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
San Vicente Boulevard remains closed between Lindenhurst and Orlando avenues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Yet many AI hyperscalers are “really high-quality companies” with other avenues besides AI that “will make their debt money good,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
We do so through many avenues: voting, protest, political party activism, lobbying, filing lawsuits, and writing op-eds, to name a few.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Many of our number still speak with joy of our victory in the swamps securing the avenues to this town.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
