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throughway

British  
/ ˈθruːˌweɪ /

noun

  1. a thoroughfare, esp a motorway

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Chanting “the country is on fire,” they lit bonfires on Tel Aviv’s main highway, closing the throughway and many others throughout the country for hours.

From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2023

They lit bonfires on Tel Aviv’s main highway, closing the throughway and many others throughout the country for hours.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2023

Though Route 66 no longer runs all the way from Chicago to Santa Monica, long stretches of the historic throughway and its roadside attractions and mom-and-pop stores have been preserved just off I-40.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2021

A couple hundred feet down the bike path that doubles as a throughway for the riverbed encampment, Ramona Martinez sat washing her clothing in a rubber bucket.

From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2017

The Kwilu River is the throughway here: Kwilu, a word without a single rhyme.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver