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noun

a street along which the traffic has the right of way over vehicles entering or crossing at intersections.

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Origin of through street

First recorded in 1925–30

Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
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We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
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The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
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A street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.
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Cold War fears could be manipulated through misleading art to attract readers to daunting material.
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Before Ripperda could unclasp his lips to reply, the stranger had opened the door, and passed through it like a gliding shadow.
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Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
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A constant sense of easy balance should be developed through poising exercises.
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This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Nothing remarkable occurred in our march through this country.
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