through street

noun

Definition of through streetnext
as in side street

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for through street
  1. side street
  2. street
  3. side road
  4. high road
  5. road
  6. highway
  7. roadway
  8. secondary road
Noun
  • The freeway was expected to open in the hours after the crash, but authorities expected side streets where traffic was diverted could be affected for longer.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Down a small side street, tiny Green Almond Pantry makes DC’s mightiest focaccia, plus honest, good cooking like soups and custardy seasonal vegetable tarts warm from the oven.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of side street
Noun
  • Officers closed down five nearby streets, searched the vehicle, arrested the driver, and cleared the roadways again.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Jan. 2025
  • But the teeming streets — packed with cars, bikes and a growing number of other vehicles — became increasingly hostile to pedestrians in 2024, city statistics show.
    Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of street
Noun
  • On a side road, where hundreds of attendees parked their cars, a Tesla cybertruck sported two Trump flags on the back.
    Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Near the Tennessee state line, crews were finally starting to reach side roads after clearing the main roads winding through switchbacks, but that brought a new set of challenges.
    Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of side road
Noun
  • The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Low gas prices are expected to fuel high road traffic.
    Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of high road
Noun
  • The Jayhawks, in fact, on Sunday recorded the largest margin of victory by a road team in Big 12 Conference history.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
  • At least by opening odds, the closest game is the final clash of the week, with the No. 5 Minnesota Vikings 2-point road favorites at the No. 4 Rams.
    Hannah Vanbiber, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of road
Noun
  • The administration has noted that heavy trucks do significant damage to the state’s highways and this fee enables Connecticut to force businesses based out-of-state to contribute toward infrastructure repair costs.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The highway was open by Sunday morning, with the department warning drivers of travel delays after avalanche mitigation and road operations were complete.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of highway
Noun
  • With 15 minutes of the first notification of the fire at the school at 701 Palisades Drive, fire engines from Station 23 began streaming up the roadway.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • But then a nearby elementary school caught fire, sending flames dancing onto the roadway and forcing her to turn her car around.
    Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of roadway
Noun
  • Taking secondary roads with lower speed limits or postponing travel during squall warnings are advised.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Steward’s walk was the real deal: a four-hour amble along secondary roads past farmsteads and olive groves, the undulating terrain fanning out around us on all sides.
    Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of secondary road
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