monorail

as in railroad

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Recent Examples of monorail With a monorail touching many landmarks, the map's building architecture looks modern, but with plenty of zip lines connecting buildings. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024 How many hotels are on the monorail? Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024 How did the Disney monorail crawl start? Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024 What is the monorail crawl at Disney World? Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for monorail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monorail
Noun
  • Like the 19th-century railroad industry—where true economic transformation stemmed from cities and industries enabled by railroads—rockets are infrastructure enabling a larger economic ecosystem.
    Reema Khan, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Bertha sets her sights on a prize that would elevate the family to unimaginable heights; George risks everything on a gambit that could revolutionize the railroad industry.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This means strengthening and building fuel tanks, skeletal bases with paved parking areas and bunkers, fiber-optic cables, and even railway sidings to permit rapid unloading of trains.
    Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
  • While Father Vitalii was growing up in Rivne, his father, a railway engineer and former Soviet soldier, had discouraged him from pursuing a military career of his own.
    Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Many modern touches have been added to the interior spaces, but the original mahogany stair rail, plaster, and woodwork remain in place.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 May 2025
  • The fatality occurred at the 29th Street RT light rail station.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • The Illinois Department of Transportation owns the road and any changes would require its approval.
    Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
  • For instance, Pakistan has been active in China’s signature belt and road initiative which involves the construction of multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects across countries.
    Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Monorail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monorail. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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