elevated railroads

plural of elevated railroad

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Noun
  • Electric telegraph lines and railroads encouraged and were encouraged by a new age of imperial expansion, commodity extraction, industrialization, urban growth, global migration, rising population, and scientific development, among other things.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • By the late 1800s, with railroads, threshing machines, large slaughterhouses and steamships with refrigeration, Argentina exported vast quantities of wheat and beef to England.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Difficult path to building urban railways However, other types of obstacles presented themselves.
    Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 22 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
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“Elevated railroads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elevated%20railroads. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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