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boulevard

[bool-uh-vahrd, boo-luh-] / ˈbʊl əˌvɑrd, ˈbu lə- /
NOUN
street, often lined with trees
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Developers are also watching for any progress on a new science research campus in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood and the revamped boulevard stretching along Fifth Avenue from Bryant Park to Central Park.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Hanging above the boulevard were banners with official slogans including "We must rise".

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

As Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama appeared at a rally of jubilant supporters on Friday in Tirana, thousands were already filling a nearby boulevard, repeating daily calls for his resignation.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Then the couple walked down a famed boulevard named after the father of Cuban independence, José Martí, to the old building that houses Havana’s community center for Cubans of Arab descent.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2026

It was broad as a boulevard, and it almost seemed, crossing it, as though one went from dusk to day and back again in a matter of paces.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is circulating photos of 27 people seen earlier this month at the auto supply business at Atlantic and Olympic boulevards.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

State media reported that millions of mourners filled the main boulevards connecting the squares and crowding around the black lorry that carried the coffin of the late supreme leader and four family members.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

The effort is beginning to bear fruit: the clusters of tents and shopping carts that once clogged the boulevards of Hollywood and Venice Beach are less numerous.

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

Spanning 17.5 acres at Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards, One Beverly Hills will be anchored by the Aman Beverly Hills, a 78-room, all-suite hotel that will be the brand’s first West Coast property.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2026

There is little in the way of small-town ties or big-city amenities—grandparents and cousins, longtime neighbors, vibrant boulevards, homegrown shops—that let roots sink in deep.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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