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els

noun

plural of el

as in elevated railroads

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For Raymond James, its achievement will rival such breakthroughs as the dawn of electrification, railroads and the internet.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 July 2026
In his view, other important institutions like railroads, factories, and banks should be run in the same fashion.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 July 2026

Definition of railroads

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In Southern California, cliffs could erode more than 130 feet by the end of the century, and the consequences of erosion have already proved to be severe on major roads, railways and other critical infrastructure.

— Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Across Africa, governments have spent decades announcing ports without thinking about connecting railways, highways without paved feeder roads, and pipelines without ancillary terminals.

— Bright Simons, semafor.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of railways

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Grab bars — rails attached to walls, particularly in bathrooms — help provide balance and prevent falls, preventing serious injuries, said Jim Christian, founder of the effort to push Medicare to cover the devices, Safety Bars for America.

— Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
That has left developers with no option other than to construct elaborate guardrails that prevent injected prompts from forcing LLMs to go off the rails.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

Definition of rails

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In parts of Uvalde County, muddy floodwaters covered roads and fields and rose nearly as high as houses' rooftops, according to a video posted by Texas Department of Public Safety.

— Bill Chappell, NPR, 16 July 2026
Bulldozers shuffled right through the rubble to make roads that cut Gaza into separate sections.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

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