thoroughfare
Example Sentences
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It’s always heaped with trash, like a municipal dump on a busy thoroughfare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Government cars were parked on the former thoroughfare of Pennsylvania Avenue.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The thoroughfare was partially closed for almost the entirety of the city's festival season after the blaze at the B-listed former Debenhams in the early hours of 9 July.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
He wants to install a riverfront park, an entertainment district, apartments and a promenade connecting the river to downtown, which are now divided by a broad thoroughfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In those days, Fifty-Third Street was a hub of late-night activity, a thoroughfare for cruising lowriders with unmuffled tailpipes.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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