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Throughfare vs. Thoroughfare
Throughfare
Examples:
This bustling boulevard is a major throughfare in the city.The new highway acts as a vital throughfare for commuters.Throughfare restrictions will ease traffic in residential areas.
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Thoroughfare
/ˈθʌrəfeə/Examples:
The thoroughfare is busy with commuters every morning.Main Street is the principal thoroughfare in the old town.The festival will take place along the city's main thoroughfare.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Throughfare looks like it should be a correct word but isn't widely recognized or used in the English language.
- If you want to refer to a main road or public highway, you should use thoroughfare.
- Remember that thoroughfare has the word thorough in it, suggesting it is a complete or main route.
- Whenever you think of a busy road or street crossing an area entirely, choose thoroughfare.
- Thoroughfare is the correct term to describe a road that allows passage through an area.
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