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elevated railroads

noun

plural of elevated railroad
as in elevateds

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  1. railroads
  2. railways
Noun
  • The regulator rejected the railroads’ original application as incomplete in January.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Buffett invested in traditional companies embedded in the real economy with a focus on value, like insurance companies, railroads and public utilities.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of railroads
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  • Uganda then had a large population of Indian immigrants, who had been brought over by the British at the end of the nineteenth century to help construct railways, and who eventually established more economic autonomy and power than Black Ugandans.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • These have included arson, high-profile hacks, GPS jamming as well as sabotage actions against key infrastructure, including undersea communication cables, logistics centers and railways.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of railways
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“Elevated railroads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elevated%20railroads. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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