bullet train

noun

: a high-speed passenger train especially of Japan

Examples of bullet train in a Sentence

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While examples abound, the state’s woebegone bullet train project, its tortuous efforts to implement information technology and the financial and managerial meltdown of its unemployment insurance program are among the most egregious. Dan Walters, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2025 The production managed to secure access to film one of the company’s real-life bullet trains on several trips. Sara Merican, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025 Pop quiz, hot shot: There’s a bomb on a bullet train. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2025 California is still many years away from finishing its bullet train. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bullet train

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bullet train was in 1966

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“Bullet train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullet%20train. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

bullet train

noun
: a very high-speed passenger train
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