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arteries
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart and to the body tissues. (Compare veins; see circulatory system.)
Example Sentences
They are the arteries through which credit is extended, wages are paid, savings are stashed or withdrawn.
The logistics of whole neighborhoods undertaking simultaneous construction projects on hillside streets, with only a few major arteries in and out, will test the recovery framework that EMD and Hagerty have been working to erect.
The wound to her neck narrowly missed major arteries, which could have led to fatal blood loss if they had been cut, the court heard.
They sit between the 110 and 710 freeways, two major commercial arteries that connect to the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.
And the automobile industry was one of the main arteries pumping wealth into Germany's economic heart.
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