as in highways
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
one of the city's main thoroughfares
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Recent Examples of thoroughfares
Since then, TxDOT has continually sent fleets of trucks to plow main thoroughfares like Central Expressway in Richardson on Monday night and Highway 287 in Decatur earlier in the day.
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J.d. Miles, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Most Costcos are on major thoroughfares.
—Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
Crews will treat major and minor thoroughfares first, which are the roads with the most lanes and carry the highest volume of traffic.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
Scenes from Saturday — robot cars stalled in busy thoroughfares with hazard lights flashing as motorists honked in frustration — marked the broadest-scale malfunction of the technology since the earliest stages of its rollout.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
The line moves at a crawl along Varvarka Street, one of Moscow’s oldest thoroughfares.
—Keir Simmons, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
That includes motorists on many of the capital region’s major thoroughfares connecting the Central Valley, Sierra passes and Bay Area corridors.
—Lauren Chapman, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The hotel boasts two entrances—one on Via Senato and the other on busy Via della Spiga, one of the district's four major shopping thoroughfares.
—Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025
As snow begins to fall, crews will focus on prioritizing and clearing one-way roads, bridge overpasses, thoroughfares and streets abutting hospitals and fire stations.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 28 Nov. 2025
J.d. Miles, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Most Costcos are on major thoroughfares.
—Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
Crews will treat major and minor thoroughfares first, which are the roads with the most lanes and carry the highest volume of traffic.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
Scenes from Saturday — robot cars stalled in busy thoroughfares with hazard lights flashing as motorists honked in frustration — marked the broadest-scale malfunction of the technology since the earliest stages of its rollout.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
The line moves at a crawl along Varvarka Street, one of Moscow’s oldest thoroughfares.
—Keir Simmons, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
That includes motorists on many of the capital region’s major thoroughfares connecting the Central Valley, Sierra passes and Bay Area corridors.
—Lauren Chapman, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The hotel boasts two entrances—one on Via Senato and the other on busy Via della Spiga, one of the district's four major shopping thoroughfares.
—Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025
As snow begins to fall, crews will focus on prioritizing and clearing one-way roads, bridge overpasses, thoroughfares and streets abutting hospitals and fire stations.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 28 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoroughfares
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Most highways close to Baltimore were down to bare pavement Monday, but some Western Maryland roadways were still covered in snow.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Traveling by car along the highways that succeeded Route 66 still presents a deadly hazard — much more dangerous than need be.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Very cold air already in place will allow snow to accumulate quickly across the region, sticking to roads, bridges and untreated surfaces with little melting.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Some North Texas roads may still be hazardous into Thursday morning’s commute, even after ice melting Wednesday, officials with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2026
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Hospital courtyards, generators and shopping streets in the city are now protected.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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The past couple of months, however, have shown that huge numbers of Americans do love their neighbors—enough to show up in frozen streets, confront armed federal agents, and even risk death.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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The water flows along the Santa Ana River where the district has a series of lakes at the 91 and 55 freeways that are perculation basins.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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Thirty-two years ago, freeways fell, buildings flattened and local communities were reshaped forever by the earthquake.—
Jamie Yuccas,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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The overall scale and architecture of the resort—vast public areas, wide corridors, and internal boulevards—help with navigation for wheelchair users.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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On Friday, January 9th, protesters across Mashhad returned to Vakilabad Highway, one of the main boulevards in the city, to confront security forces.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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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,
26 Jan. 2026
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Some sections of expressways were also closed, Kihara said.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
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Russia’s drones target the Ukrainian army’s supply routes and rear bases, often threatening to cut off units on the front lines.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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The Herald report found that most of the Proterra buses had broken down within a year of deployment and were pulled from routes as maintenance requests piled up.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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Several crashes have been reported across North Texas Wednesday morning, as roadways remain icy and hazardous following a winter storm that swept through the region this past weekend.—
Briauna Brown,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Life is starting to get back to normal in the Memphis area after a winter storm dumped several inches of sleet and snow across the Mid-South, closing schools and businesses and icing over roadways.—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Thoroughfares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoroughfares. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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