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through

[throo] / θru /
ADJECTIVE
done
Synonyms
STRONGEST
over
WEAK
buttoned-up complete completed concluded ended finis finished in the bag terminated wound-up wrapped-up
Antonyms
WEAK
incomplete indirect stopping unfinished
ADJECTIVE
direct
Synonyms
STRONGEST
straight
WEAK
constant free nonstop one-way opened rapid regular straightforward unbroken unhindered uninterrupted
Antonyms
WEAK
incomplete indirect stopping unfinished
PREPOSITION
by way of
Synonyms
WEAK
as a consequence as a result at the hand of because of by by dint of by means of by reason by the agency of by virtue of for in consequence of in virtue of per through the medium of using via with with the help of
Antonyms
WEAK
around
PREPOSITION
between, during
Synonyms
STRONGEST
about straight
WEAK
by clear for the period from beginning to end in in and out in the middle into past round throughout
Antonyms
WEAK
around

Example Sentences

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NASA’s Artemis II crew, farther from Earth than any humans before them, are preparing for their event-filled six-hour flyby of the moon after five days traveling through space.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

A component of the agreement should include "free traffic of oil" through the Strait of Hormuz.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Still, through Thursday trading, the iShares Aerospace & Defense exchange-traded fund was down about 9% since the start of the fighting in Iran.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Amazon — which is the USPS’s biggest customer, accounting for 1 billion packages shipped annually — had threatened to slash its deliveries through the Postal Service by two-thirds or more, Reuters reported.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

I left the concrete path and shimmied through an opening in the dense bushes that led to deeper green—tall elm, fir, and birch standing together.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.