street
noun
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
streets
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pluralof street.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Driven by a postpandemic influx of ultra-high-net-worth buyers, developers are equipping new luxury towers with rooftop helipads and deep-water docks—allowing residents to bypass Miami’s increasingly congested streets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"I used to drive through the streets and think we should be doing this, we should be doing that - fixing potholes, improving the roads, stuff that matters to people."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Moreover, he’s a chess-playing, gourmet cooking, crime fiction aficionado and jazz lover equally comfortable on the mean streets of East Daygo and in the lush life of La Jolla Farms estates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Waymo, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, will in the coming weeks start mapping the city's streets and conducting tests with specialist drivers at the wheel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
American soldiers huddle behind walls and in foxholes and see a tiny Filipino woman walk alone through the war-torn streets, her shoulders back as shells burst all around her.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
