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Definition of escalator
1a : a power-driven set of stairs arranged like an endless belt that ascend or descend continuouslyb : an upward course suggestive of an escalator a never-stopping escalator of economic progress — D. W. Brogan
2 : an escalator clause or provision
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Recent Examples of escalator from the Web
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Enrich your travel experience with a little stop-over to view the work of young artists at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, in the pre-security area, above the escalators in Terminal 2.
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The second of 10 escalators was to be set into place Tuesday afternoon and four of the 10 elevators are in the works.
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The older man was paused at the top of an escalator and a few people started gathering waiting to get on.
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Ftouhi entered the first-floor lobby at Bishop at approximately 8:52 a.m. Wednesday, carrying a red duffle and dark satchel bag, traveling up an escalator before attacking Neville.
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There are marble floors and escalators everywhere, and a massive catwalk to the adjacent Bonaventure Hotel that offers tempting misdirection.
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Six months out, as Engel toured the facility, carpets were still being laid and escalators weren’t in place.
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Six escalators will speed visitors to the second and third floors, the busiest areas of the building.
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The intrepid eighth-graders at South Orange (NJ) Middle School recently took their obligatory class trip to Washington, D.C. for a week of history, adventure, and blithely clogging up Metro escalators while commuters fumed silently.
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Origin and Etymology of escalator
from Escalator, a trademark
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Definition of escalator
: providing for a periodic proportional upward or downward adjustment (as of prices or wages) an escalator arrangement tying the base pay … to living costs — N. Y. Times
First Known Use of escalator
1930
ESCALATOR Defined for English Language Learners
escalator
playDefinition of escalator for English Language Learners
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: a moving set of stairs that carries people up or down from one level of a building to another
ESCALATOR Defined for Kids
escalator
playDefinition of escalator for Students
: a moving stairway for going from one level (as of a building) to another
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