as in road
a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation

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Recent Examples of railway There is a bus system (rides start at €2) that connects most of the major tourist sites in Palma, and a railway (round trip, €40) that brings passengers to some other sites, including Sollér. Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 Three of the contracts hired HNTB to do design and engineering work for railway projects. Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025 The campaign will be complemented by a series of store pop-ups designed as an homage to British railways and house founder Thomas Burberry. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025 Another new addition to the view is the coastal railway line built during the Mandatory period now reopened from Haifa to Beirut in which a bullet train can be seen speeding along the coastline. Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for railway
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Noun
  • For the filmmakers working in the region over the past two years, it’s been a long, arduous road to reach audiences, as the war impacted their physical productions and made potential distributors wary of facing political backlash for releasing their films.
    Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Gripen fighters have the reputation of being relatively cheap and easy to maintain and arm, and able to operate in austere conditions – using roads or even dirt roads for runways.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • On Wednesday, the jury charged Brown with violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death, which is a capital offense under federal law.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Much of the Nickel Plate Trail follows the path of the former railroad for which it's named.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Railway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railway. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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