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
Sunset Boulevard at Palisades Drive was also reportedly impassible, with firefighters potentially using the thoroughfare as a firebreak.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
As the resort expanded, the cabins were simply absorbed into the boundaries, kept tucked into the forest way off of main thoroughfares.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The city deployed crews to salt the main thoroughfares ahead of the storm’s initial rainfall on Saturday, which shifted into snow overnight.
—Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
That triggered a new mandatory evacuation order for an area from Sunset Boulevard to Encino Reservoir, and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon, with sections of the thoroughfare remaining closed to ward off excess traffic in the West Los Angeles area.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
As the resort expanded, the cabins were simply absorbed into the boundaries, kept tucked into the forest way off of main thoroughfares.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The city deployed crews to salt the main thoroughfares ahead of the storm’s initial rainfall on Saturday, which shifted into snow overnight.
—Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
That triggered a new mandatory evacuation order for an area from Sunset Boulevard to Encino Reservoir, and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon, with sections of the thoroughfare remaining closed to ward off excess traffic in the West Los Angeles area.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoroughfare
Noun
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Limited driving range tends to be an issue when driving longer distances on the highway, creating an additional incentive to conserve fuel.—
Peter Douglas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Production has ceased on Season 2 of the Big Talk Studios series about an 18th-century highway robber, putting a cast and crew of hundreds out of work with nothing to show for their efforts.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The agency then returned on Thursday, Jan. 16 and discovered the home had split and slid onto the road.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Everything, whether success or failure, becomes critical fodder for the road ahead.—
Doug Sundheim,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive male with apparent gunshot wounds lying in the street next to a vehicle parked in front of the address, according to the social media post.—
Lena Miano,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Robinson’s friend, Danny Shigemori, who has lived on the street for 55 years and ran a landscaping business, lost his place too.—
Jeffrey Fleishman,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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Range within the city is only around 120 miles (193 km) while cruising around on the freeway will decrease that number further to 71 miles (114 km).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Jan. 2025
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Where exactly on the freeway off-ramp was her daughter when she was struck and killed by a driver who kept going?—
Ryan Lillis,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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Families being told to abandon their cars on evacuation routes to flee on foot and convalescent home residents being pushed down the street in wheelchairs as hot embers fly around them are scenes usually witnessed only in the movies.—
Caitlin Clarkson Pereira,
Hartford Courant,
24 Jan. 2025
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City planner Nathan Koster told the council that more property owners along the route were open to recurring or regular closures of the intersection.—
Kyle Stokes,
Axios,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Against a towering backdrop of black smoke with an ominous orange glow, the stately homes and broad boulevards of the Pacific Palisades looked small and exposed on Tuesday.—
Jacey Fortin,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Where is new Sacramento-area restaurant? Tandoori Pizza’s new Elk Grove location will be in the Laguna Gateway shopping plaza adjacent to Highway 99 at the intersection of Laguna and West Stockton boulevards in Elk Grove.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Jan. 2025
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Vasquez forgets that Chicago isn’t New York, and neither is our traffic, which is most problematic on the expressways and main arteries, not in a South Loop business district, which was almost devoid of traffic, human or vehicular, during the first part of rush hour on Monday morning.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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This three-phase project began in 2023 and should improve the expressway for the 275,000 drivers who use it daily.—
Justin Kaufmann,
Axios,
17 Dec. 2024
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Also, please be careful in icy conditions, especially on the roadways.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Over 100 cars have been reported stranded on roadways, keeping crews from responding to emergencies, officials said.—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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