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els

noun

plural of el
as in elevated railroads

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  1. railroads
  2. railways
  3. rails
  4. roads
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
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • So get ready to ride the rails because these beautiful train trips in Italy are just as much about the journey as the destination.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Each secures and slides via a series of side rails that look very similar to the ones for adjusting height of the grates on my Camp Chef vault smoker.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of rails
Noun
  • The roads initially served a military purpose, the professor added.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • As the post-2021 conflict intensified, military checkpoints proliferated on major roads across the country.
    — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of roads
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“Els.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/els. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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