thoroughfare

Example Sentences

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The strait is also a critical thoroughfare for liquefied natural gas, which many countries rely on to produce electricity and fertilizer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The other spectators watched the show on a dozen screens installed further down the road, all the way to the main thoroughfare blocks away.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Chavez’s name has long been revered in Latino communities like San Francisco’s Mission District, where a major thoroughfare was renamed for him after he died in 1993.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The triptych is along the wall in a main thoroughfare of the museum facing the floor-to-ceiling windows that form part of the building’s bridge over Wilshire Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

In obedience to them, in the silent heat she walked down Maycomb’s main thoroughfare, a highway leading to Montgomery.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee