thoroughfare

Example Sentences

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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

Oil traders and brokers scrambled to assess the extent of the disruption, including whether traffic could still pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital thoroughfare for energy supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Men came and went along the thoroughfare; several times one went into the wineshop and after an interval came out.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw