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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Critics, however, say additional dark mornings could lead to grogginess for commuters and parents who drive their children to school, especially in the winter months.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
McKie would later learn from passersby that the teen had fainted and fallen onto the northbound track, where commuters catch the N and W trains.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
The roughly 700,000 commuters in and around Philadelphia who ride SEPTA each day have endured longer wait times, more crowded rail and bus lines, and other difficulties for weeks.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
But the public isn’t buying it, especially after a 23-year-old commuter was stabbed to death on a light rail train.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
McKie would later learn from passersby that the teen had fainted and fallen onto the northbound track, where commuters catch the N and W trains.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
The roughly 700,000 commuters in and around Philadelphia who ride SEPTA each day have endured longer wait times, more crowded rail and bus lines, and other difficulties for weeks.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
But the public isn’t buying it, especially after a 23-year-old commuter was stabbed to death on a light rail train.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for commuter
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“Commuter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commuter. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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