THROUGH STREETS Synonyms: 57 Similar Words

through streets

noun

plural of through street

as in side streets

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Noun

Some streets in Norfolk, Virginia, were closed Wednesday due to flooding and several are expected to be impassable during high tide Thursday, City Councilman Thomas Smigiel said in a social media post.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
The most famous photograph of the early Second World War is of a Frenchman weeping at the sight of Nazi soldiers parading through the streets of Marseilles in 1940.

— Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of streets

Noun

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern cite 500-plus supportive customers, more than 2,000 filed statements, and backers including trucking giant Knight-Swift and a claim of 2 million fewer truckloads on highways.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
For decades, the story has focused on population loss, empty storefronts, highways that divided neighborhoods and a downtown that too often goes quiet after work.

— Mark Taylor, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of highways

Noun

The collapse is centered on one of the world’s busiest arteries.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
The teen needed reconstruction of the subclavian artery, as well as removal of blood clots from several other arteries, and surgery to cut through fascia to relieve compartment syndrome, or pressure buildup around muscles, on his right arm.

— Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of arteries

Noun

The Lions are struggling to stop the pass, struggling to stop the run, are allowing lengthy drives and are – once again – facing injuries to key players.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Enjoyed scenic drives over the Rickenbacker Causeway to cover tennis on Key Biscayne.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of drives

Noun

Visitors often still liken the city’s walkable streets and historic architecture to European boulevards.

— Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026
There were beautiful boulevards, sweeping bridges over the Moskva River, wide Stalin-era avenues lined with imposing granite buildings, and quiet nineteenth-century neighborhoods of pastel-colored mansions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of boulevards

Noun

Ishmita Shah, a roads engineer, said crews have been working with Nepal's army since the second day after the floods to reopen routes in affected areas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
That is important for industrial facilities, where inspection routes can cross multiple buildings, zones, and types of infrastructure.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of routes

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