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street
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
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noun
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
“they walked the streets of the small town”
noun
the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
“be careful crossing the street”
noun
people living or working on the same street
“the whole street protested the absence of street lights”
noun
a situation offering opportunities
“he worked both sides of the street”
noun
the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
“she tried to keep her children off the street”
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they walked the streets of the small town
he lives on Nassau Street
be careful crossing the street
the whole street protested the absence of street lights
he worked both sides of the street
cooperation is a two-way street
she tried to keep her children off the street