Thesaurus results for FOOTPATHS

footpaths

noun

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plural of footpath

as in trails

a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps found the footpath leading down into the valley

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Recent Examples of footpaths Just south of downtown San Jose, about 100 people live on the banks of Coyote Creek, where footpaths and improvised bridges connect a community of tents and wooden shacks — the city’s last sprawling homeless encampment. —

Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026 With no boundaries for private property, footpaths crossed the landscape wherever a person desired to go. —

Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026 An aerial view from a chopper showed mostly footpaths with limited access by road for vehicles. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026 Take footpaths toward the beach or stroll cobblestone streets in town for dining and shopping. —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026 No hills means there is no natural grade separation between the railroad and intersecting roads and footpaths. —

Ian Savage, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026 Parsons signed its phase-two development deal with Diriyah Company in October, to oversee work on new streets, footpaths, civic buildings, open spaces, and a series of neighborhood parks. —

MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025 Both footpaths have been on Carlsbad’s master trails map for years. —

Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025 Outside of the event, wander the town’s flagstone market square or leafy Thames-side footpaths, tour the Henley Distillery, and go for a Sunday roast at the Bottle & Glass Inn. —

Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 26 Sep. 2025

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The portion of the trails along the Monongahela River near the Fort Pitt Museum is completely closed off, with access to the museum and Fort Pitt Block House open.

— Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Before there were dusty trails and stage coach routes and boulevards and freeways, there was the Southern California watershed — the maze of rivers, creeks and washes that sent rain water from the mountains and valleys to the ocean.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026