as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
one of the city's main thoroughfares
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Recent Examples of thoroughfare
The perpetrator proceeded to drive at high speed down the French Quarter thoroughfare, mowing down victims before he was killed in a gunfight with police officers, according to investigators.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
For Euston Road is in fact the most generous of thoroughfares.
—Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Crawford Avenue reconfiguration Crawford Avenue is one of Skokie’s main north-south thoroughfares, and will be reconfigured to include a bike lane from Golf Road to Oakton Street in the near future.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
As armored tanks drove down the main thoroughfare, scared and teary-eyed residents acknowledged being at a total loss.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
For Euston Road is in fact the most generous of thoroughfares.
—Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Crawford Avenue reconfiguration Crawford Avenue is one of Skokie’s main north-south thoroughfares, and will be reconfigured to include a bike lane from Golf Road to Oakton Street in the near future.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
As armored tanks drove down the main thoroughfare, scared and teary-eyed residents acknowledged being at a total loss.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoroughfare
Noun
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Up the narrow state highways, the landscape shifts to farmland, with grazing cattle and tall stalks of green.—
Mariah Tyler,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2025
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Several local roads and highways, including the Sunrise Highway, were closed as firefighters battled the blazes.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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New York has completed the first leg of its road back-to-back.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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These roads are part of a historic path once traveled by royalty, samurais, monks and commoners.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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For years, some Muslim street vendors have used religion-neutral names like Raja or Sonu, a simple tweak to keep business running smoothly and avoid an economic boycott.—
Ismat Ara,
TIME,
15 Mar. 2025
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Remember, the job search and interview processes are both two-way streets.—
Terina Allen,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Bikes that belong in this nascent category are mainly focused on urban riding, and some (but not all) can also achieve freeway speeds for short bursts.—
William Roberson,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Authorities were trying to serve the warrant in connection with a freeway shooting two months earlier on a Sacramento County freeway, according to court documents.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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Liverpool’s fixture list isn’t the kindest Liverpool blank in Gameweek 29 means selling Salah (£13.8m) is an easy route to buying Erling Haaland (£14.7m), who looks to be the best captain for the next two gameweeks as Manchester City host Brighton & Hove Albion and Leicester City.—
Abdul Rehman,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The travelers generally spent a lot of time budgeting and planning the routes for the trip to be the most efficient for time and outlay.—
Michele Robson,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the decades that followed, hordes of white college students flocked to The Strip, the stretch of A1A between Las Olas and Sunrise boulevards, and piled into motels.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2025
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This grand avenue was modeled after 19th-century French engineer Georges-Eugène Haussmann’s Parisian boulevards, and it’s lined with a roll call of ornate late 19th and early 20th-century architecture, a historic neighborhood second to none in the United States.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Three steeples visible from the Kennedy expressway.—
Patrycja Humienik,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Only emergency vehicles may navigate the roadway, the California Department of Transportation said.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Thoroughfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoroughfare. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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