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
Drive down Harbor Drive, Miramar Road, Clairemont Boulevard, Market Street, Hotel Circle and many more important thoroughfares.
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2025
The president, by executive order, halted de minimis access for China and Hong Kong on May 2, effectively choking off the thoroughfare for small, cheap shipments of apparel products from e-commerce megafirms like Shein and Temu to American consumers’ doorsteps.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2025
The first concept is a flashier hook, conjuring images of facehuggers wreaking havoc on packed pedestrian thoroughfares.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Campuses that failed to meet state standards are concentrated to the east and north of the two major thoroughfares.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2025
The president, by executive order, halted de minimis access for China and Hong Kong on May 2, effectively choking off the thoroughfare for small, cheap shipments of apparel products from e-commerce megafirms like Shein and Temu to American consumers’ doorsteps.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2025
The first concept is a flashier hook, conjuring images of facehuggers wreaking havoc on packed pedestrian thoroughfares.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Campuses that failed to meet state standards are concentrated to the east and north of the two major thoroughfares.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoroughfare
Noun
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Neither person in the vehicle was injured, and the eastbound lane of the highway was closed for over an hour.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Bus riders bake on unsheltered streets and homeless people seek refuge under highway overpasses.—
Sam Bloch
August 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And because of the powertrain’s development, the engineers on the Formula E team can now feed data back to the road car programme in Nissan’s Japan headquarters.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Tribal authorities had barricaded the roads for several weeks in 2023.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In 2023, a police document detailing President Joe Biden's movements, including which streets would be closed and other security measures, were found in Belfast while the president was in Ireland.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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The various city or state or MTA (or combined) intervention efforts have been doing a very commendable job of finding our unfortunate neighbors on the streets or the subways who are acting in ways that are dangerous to themselves or others.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug. 2025
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This weekend in metro Phoenix, drivers should plan for two ramp closures and one street closure associated with Valley freeway improvement projects, the Arizona Department of Transportation said.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Authorities are expecting heavy traffic along the detour route due to the freeway closure.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Go the safer route with easy heatless curlers like this affordable set from Kitsch.—
Jackie Cucco,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Aug. 2025
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For the the Lynx system replaced by Scout vans, buses will stop running routes on Jan. 10.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Its placement is to coincide with a more expansive Southwest Boulevard reconstruction plan, which is to include bike lanes, stamped concrete sidewalks and landscaping, including more trees along the length of the boulevard.—
Eric Adler
August 17,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
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But as freeways expanded and fewer people used Beach Boulevard as a path to their destinations, the motels that once thrived on their business began to struggle and the boulevard saw more illicit activities.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
5 Aug. 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,
4 Aug. 2025
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At least two cars that had been submerged on the expressway were pulled from the floodwaters, a law enforcement official told CNN.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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Exceptions apply when the right half of the roadway is closed, on a roadway designated for one-way traffic, or a roadway divided into more than two lanes, according to state law.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Thoroughfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoroughfare. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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