as in highway
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 artery
The posterior tibial artery on the inner ankle. Find a pulse point on your body and apply a cold compress or ice pack to one or all of them for 10-15 minutes.
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Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 20 June 2025
Diastolic blood pressure is the measure of minimum blood pressure in your arteries as the heart muscle is at rest between heartbeats.3
Can Magnesium Lower Blood Pressure?
—Laura Schober, Health, 12 June 2025
This accumulation narrows the arteries, impeding the flow of blood.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 12 June 2025
The strait is a vital artery for global energy markets—and a vulnerability that Iran has long threatened to exploit.
—Nik Popli, Time, 23 June 2025
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Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 20 June 2025
Diastolic blood pressure is the measure of minimum blood pressure in your arteries as the heart muscle is at rest between heartbeats.3
Can Magnesium Lower Blood Pressure?
—Laura Schober, Health, 12 June 2025
This accumulation narrows the arteries, impeding the flow of blood.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 12 June 2025
The strait is a vital artery for global energy markets—and a vulnerability that Iran has long threatened to exploit.
—Nik Popli, Time, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artery
Noun
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The project aims to open the new highway crossing by 2032.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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The highway in the area has been washed away, the outlet also reported.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Routinely vacuuming and doing quick sweeps with your wet mop can help tide you over until the kids are back in school or your house becomes a little less of a thoroughfare.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
12 July 2025
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Muddy Waters mural Stroll down the prominent downtown shopping thoroughfare of State Street near West Calhoun Place and glance up to see the godfather of Chicago blues, Muddy Waters, looking at the city.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
10 July 2025
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Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said most remaining rescues are being attempted at camp sites, but they are isolated because of road damage.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
5 July 2025
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The northernmost portion of the path cuts through Macken Park before moving to the road as the park ends at Clark Ferguson Drive.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 July 2025
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The plot of land in the project is near a library, the freeway and a recreation center.—
Sarah Lapidus,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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The judge added that Brewer was shot while on a freeway in 2018, and the bullet is still lodged in his chest. Brewer declined to speak on his behalf in court.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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Some drove for hours to get there, while others simply walked in off the street.—
Rachel Pearson,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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Haunted by an incident in Boston several years earlier, Tim seems content to walk around the darkened streets, ensuring the town’s small businesses are locked and secured.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
13 July 2025
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Original concepts showed the construction of a dedicated bike lane and sidewalk on each side of an arterial, and behind both curbs with a grass buffer.—
Mason Rouser,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Supervised exercise, often prescribed to patients at risk for peripheral arterial disease, requires a $10 to $20 co-pay each for a dozen visits to a rehabilitation center that might be an hour's drive away.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Our e-commerce shipping model is built to allow last-minute switches between carriers, routes and even destination handling partners.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
11 July 2025
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Should the Red Sox go that route to add the righty, Alex Cora could be looking at a legitimate (hypothetical) postseason rotation built to contend in October.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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From an overhead view, the sight is somewhat jarring — a wide expressway and railroad track dividing the course essentially in half.—
Noah Trister,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2025
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“Artery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artery. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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