: an underground way: such as
a
: a passage under a street (as for pedestrians, power cables, or water or gas mains)
b
: a usually electric underground railway
c
subway
intransitive verb
Examples of subway in a Sentence
I took the subway to midtown.
No one on the subway seemed to mind how crowded it was.
I've been on both the New York subway and the Underground in London.
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The change will impact eight subway stations.
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Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Already, the city’s subway has faced several lawsuits to comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
Adults, children and families -- for the price of a subway fare -- can hop aboard the vintage train composed of 1930s cars along the F and Q lines.
—Chaz Nathaniel Young, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2025
An overall drop in subway crime Despite this incident, and a similar one nearly a year ago where 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil allegedly set 57-year-old Debrina Kawam on fire on the subway the morning of December 22, the New York Police Department says transit crimes are down.
—Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
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Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Already, the city’s subway has faced several lawsuits to comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
Adults, children and families -- for the price of a subway fare -- can hop aboard the vintage train composed of 1930s cars along the F and Q lines.
—Chaz Nathaniel Young, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2025
An overall drop in subway crime Despite this incident, and a similar one nearly a year ago where 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil allegedly set 57-year-old Debrina Kawam on fire on the subway the morning of December 22, the New York Police Department says transit crimes are down.
—Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
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“Subway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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subway
noun
sub·way
ˈsəb-ˌwā 
1
: an underground passage
2
: a usually electric underground railway
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