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through streets

noun

plural of through street
as in side streets

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for through streets
  1. streets
  2. highways
  3. roads
  4. roadways
  5. arteries
  6. drives
  7. boulevards
  8. routes
Noun
  • AmaWaterways brings guests front row to an exclusive jazz performance in the streets here, where the acoustics haven’t changed in 400 years.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Elsewhere, Llínas films the modern-day streets, statues, and buildings where Borges once lived and visited, accompanied by casual pontifications on the author’s values and habits.
    — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of streets
Noun
  • Floodwater continued to cover highways and low-lying areas, disrupting traffic and daily life.
    — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Aitken’s 65-minute installation features multiple characters — played by Natasha Lyonne, Beck, members of the Los Angeles Dance Project and more — moving through settings across America, from deserts and remote mountains to factories and highways.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of highways
Noun
  • The roads initially served a military purpose, the professor added.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • As the post-2021 conflict intensified, military checkpoints proliferated on major roads across the country.
    — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of roads
Noun
  • In some cases, cameras that were pointed at roadways would be able to see if traffic had been stopped by the protest.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Brookhill Village complex opened in the 1950s and the roadways show that, according to John Lineberger, director of real estate at Griffin Brothers.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of roadways
Noun
  • These toxins also contribute to the buildup of plaque inside arteries.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And in the process of embarking on a war that didn’t need to be fought, the United States has created new ones, first and foremost turning one of the world’s most critical shipping arteries for energy supplies into a front line.
    — Daniel DePetris, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of arteries
Noun
  • Detroit went up 21-0 midway through the third quarter of Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints after forcing turnovers on consecutive drives, and had to escape with a 31-30 overtime win.
    — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Twice Texas recovered its own fumbles on second-half scoring drives, including one on the play before Hollywood Smothers scored the winning touchdown with 25 seconds left.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of drives
Noun
  • 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
  • Then the musical group collated the various streets, roads, places, drives, boulevards and cardinal directions into 53 seconds of gold.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of boulevards
Noun
  • However, their effectiveness can be limited against drones navigating along preprogrammed routes or communicating through fiber-optic cables.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
  • While Levine Cava’s reductions on late-night routes survived intact in the budget, commissioners agreed to take up the issue again this fall before the cuts took effect this spring.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of routes
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“Through streets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/through%20streets. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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