commuter
noun
com·mut·er
kə-ˈmyü-tər 
1
: a person who commutes (as between a suburb and a city)
2
: a small airline that carries passengers relatively short distances on a regular schedule
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In regional transportation improvements, new carpool lanes opened to commuters on SR-56.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
Only one in the top 10 is in Tarrant County, that stretch of Interstate 35W between I-30 and State Highway 183 that commuters heading to and from downtown Fort Worth know and loathe.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Dec. 2025
From here, the nearly 300,000 daily commuters below who cross the newest, asymmetrical side of the Bay Bridge look like a frenetic ant highway, as 15 mph winds blow towards the perennial stack of vibrant shipping containers that frame the Port of Oakland.
—Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
Windham Another fast-rising community is Windham, a town just northwest of Portland that’s drawing buyers who want more space without giving up commuter convenience.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2025
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
Only one in the top 10 is in Tarrant County, that stretch of Interstate 35W between I-30 and State Highway 183 that commuters heading to and from downtown Fort Worth know and loathe.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Dec. 2025
From here, the nearly 300,000 daily commuters below who cross the newest, asymmetrical side of the Bay Bridge look like a frenetic ant highway, as 15 mph winds blow towards the perennial stack of vibrant shipping containers that frame the Port of Oakland.
—Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
Windham Another fast-rising community is Windham, a town just northwest of Portland that’s drawing buyers who want more space without giving up commuter convenience.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Commuter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commuter. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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