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avenue

[av-uh-nyoo, -noo] / ˈæv əˌnju, -ˌnu /


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By revealing how light can control these previously elusive patterns, the Auburn researchers have opened another avenue for exploring technologies that could one day transform how information is processed and stored.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

Timber growers have long viewed mass timber as an avenue to a bigger piece of the relatively stable market for commercial construction and public buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Her brother says they have tried "every possible avenue... but so far we haven't been able to get anywhere on this".

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Demonstrators walked peacefully from Atocha train station to the Gran Via, the Spanish capital's prime shopping avenue, watched by intrigued tourists.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Butler squinted through it, into the avenue beyond.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

They have traded the lush tree-lined avenues of central Delhi for rows of nearly identical concrete blocks, with open fields stretching beyond.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Nicole Arbusto, who lives on 2nd Street between Normandie and Vermont avenues, said cleanliness varies from block to block.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Apple will need to find new growth avenues because a reliable engine during the Tim Cook era—the services business—is slowing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

"These gravitational wave signatures open up new avenues for us to unravel the evolution of the early universe after the Big Bang."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

But the City Circle and the avenues that feed into it are completely packed with people.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins


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