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
Cars are not allowed to stop on the side of the super-speedy thoroughfare for avoidable reasons, such as an empty tank.
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
There’s reliable bus and taxi service to nearby towns, including Chapala and Ajijic and a miles-long paved path along the main thoroughfare for walkers, bikers and joggers.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The commuter thoroughfare goes through a delicate weekday choreography, where all four lanes flip southbound in the AM rush hour and reverse direction in the PM.
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 4 Apr. 2025
Stroll along the famed St. George St., the walkable thoroughfare dotted with shops, eateries, and attractions.
—Lisa A. Beach, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
There’s reliable bus and taxi service to nearby towns, including Chapala and Ajijic and a miles-long paved path along the main thoroughfare for walkers, bikers and joggers.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The commuter thoroughfare goes through a delicate weekday choreography, where all four lanes flip southbound in the AM rush hour and reverse direction in the PM.
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 4 Apr. 2025
Stroll along the famed St. George St., the walkable thoroughfare dotted with shops, eateries, and attractions.
—Lisa A. Beach, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoroughfare
Noun
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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Here's what traffic is looking like today on Kansas 10 highway between Kansas City and Lawrence.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Electric cars hit the roads and smart phones hit the stores.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Chubs had a long road to this seemingly happy ending.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Others left in their cars, dodging bodies that lay in the streets.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The restaurant serves terrific pizza and even better cheesesteaks that draw long lines running down the street or, some days, up the street the other way, just to keep life interesting.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
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Late night and early morning commuters can expect detours along the freeways linking Fort Worth to Weatherford this weekend.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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The slow-speed pursuit traveled on freeways in Oceanside, Carlsbad and then back toward Escondido.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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American military veteran hijacks plane in Belize, officials say The airplane, which had only 14 passengers on board, had been due to fly the short route from Corozal near the Mexican border to San Pedro, a popular tourist destination off the coast.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Amanda McPherson, 38, and Johnathon McPherson, 27, were caught when detectives discovered seemingly unrelated cases of fraud shared the same postal routes, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 17 news release.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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At its best, that’s what the Champs Élysées tastes like—like walking the boulevard early summer, the sunlight cascading through the chestnut trees.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
12 Apr. 2025
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Inside Austin’s bitcoin clubhouse Bitcoin Commons sits on the second floor of the Littlefield Building at the corner of Congress Avenue and Sixth Street — where the broad boulevard to the Capitol collides with the noisy sprawl of Austin’s nightlife district.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
12 Apr. 2025
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Minutes before his disabled car was rear-ended in a hit-and-run crash that killed him, nightlife impresario Darryl Mathis Jr. was posting video to Instagram on the misfortune of being stranded on a Bronx expressway in the middle of the night.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
24 Mar. 2025
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Some Chicago expressways are already using ramp metering.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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The males that lived near busy roadways behaved more aggressively than those living farther away by approaching the speaker closely and repeatedly swooping low over it, probably in search of the intruder.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) first confirmed to PEOPLE that a Cessna 310 had crashed into a roadway on Friday, April 11, at around 10:20 a.m.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Thoroughfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoroughfare. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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