thoroughfare
noun
thor·ough·fare
ˈthər-ə-ˌfer 
ˈthə-rə-
Synonyms
Examples of thoroughfare in a Sentence
one of the city's main thoroughfares
Recent Examples on the Web
In advance of the Final Four, the school removed the aluminum light posts along Hillside Road, the main thoroughfare through the center of campus, and replaced them with temporary recessed lighting.
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NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Go to a hotel, park or shopping area that’s nestled up against a busy thoroughfare.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024
Protests ramped up on Saturday in Tel Aviv, with one group lighting a fire at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice and another gathering on the main thoroughfare Begin Road, Nouri says.
—Mallory Moench, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
Along thoroughfares like Youree Drive, named after a Confederate officer, a mix of Nickelson and Whitehorn signs competed for space.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
Often, Williams collects the earth from historically important sites of loss in the African diaspora: plantations of the American South, street corners where Black trans women were murdered or the banks of a river that became a thoroughfare for the domestic slave trade.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Running through the inner-north suburbs of Thornbury, Northcote, and Preston, the thoroughfare earned the highest rankings from Time Out’s global network of local editors and writers, to cinch the title of Coolest Street in the World.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
According to New York Times journalist Nicole Sperling, the pro-Palestinian protest shut down a main thoroughfare near the theater and delayed some big stars' arrival at the Academy Awards ceremony.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
The contract signaled a marked jump from previous plans for the California Highway Patrol to take over installation and operation of a few hundred cameras that would surveil Oakland’s major thoroughfares.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Go to a hotel, park or shopping area that’s nestled up against a busy thoroughfare.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024
Protests ramped up on Saturday in Tel Aviv, with one group lighting a fire at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice and another gathering on the main thoroughfare Begin Road, Nouri says.
—Mallory Moench, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
Along thoroughfares like Youree Drive, named after a Confederate officer, a mix of Nickelson and Whitehorn signs competed for space.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
Often, Williams collects the earth from historically important sites of loss in the African diaspora: plantations of the American South, street corners where Black trans women were murdered or the banks of a river that became a thoroughfare for the domestic slave trade.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Running through the inner-north suburbs of Thornbury, Northcote, and Preston, the thoroughfare earned the highest rankings from Time Out’s global network of local editors and writers, to cinch the title of Coolest Street in the World.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
According to New York Times journalist Nicole Sperling, the pro-Palestinian protest shut down a main thoroughfare near the theater and delayed some big stars' arrival at the Academy Awards ceremony.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
The contract signaled a marked jump from previous plans for the California Highway Patrol to take over installation and operation of a few hundred cameras that would surveil Oakland’s major thoroughfares.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Thoroughfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thoroughfare. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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thoroughfare
noun
thor·ough·fare
ˈthər-ə-ˌfa(ə)r
ˈthə-rə-,
-ˌfe(ə)r
1
: a street or road open at both ends
2
: a main road
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