main street
noun
the principal thoroughfare, especially through the business district, in a small town.
main streets
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pluralof main street.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The group represents the country’s more than 80 microfinance lenders, whose branches line the main streets of many towns and cities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Billboards were erected along Moscow’s main streets, many of them bearing slogans in English.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2024
Last month, a city council committee approved a plan that allowed for more building in existing high-density residential neighborhoods and along main streets in areas with jobs and good schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
TV pictures showed large crowds gathered in one of the north-eastern city’s main streets ahead of the ceremony.
From BBC ● May 23, 2024
We ran on tiptoe as fast and as cautiously as we could, avoiding the main streets.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
