thoroughfare
noun
thor·ough·fare
ˈthər-ə-ˌfer 
ˈthə-rə-
Synonyms
Examples of thoroughfare in a Sentence
one of the city's main thoroughfares
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Apartment towers and complexes along Figueroa, 7th, and Olive streets and other crucial thoroughfares are enjoying their own Gilded Age.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
The Bay View space on the main South Kinnickinnic Avenue thoroughfare was sought after by new operators, including a former manager who filed a liquor license for the space before acquiring the lease.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
The Sherman Minton Bridge remains closed, but the thoroughfare's reopening could be on the horizon with repairs anticipated to begin Tuesday, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced Monday.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 12 Mar. 2024
The thoroughfare is bustling, kids eat ice cream cones as their parents wander in and out of stylish shops and art galleries, and friends catch up over huge steins of Hefeweizen at a shady biergarten.
—Sallie Lewis, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2023
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
The Bay View space on the main South Kinnickinnic Avenue thoroughfare was sought after by new operators, including a former manager who filed a liquor license for the space before acquiring the lease.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
The Sherman Minton Bridge remains closed, but the thoroughfare's reopening could be on the horizon with repairs anticipated to begin Tuesday, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced Monday.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 12 Mar. 2024
The thoroughfare is bustling, kids eat ice cream cones as their parents wander in and out of stylish shops and art galleries, and friends catch up over huge steins of Hefeweizen at a shady biergarten.
—Sallie Lewis, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2023
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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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