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monorail

noun

Definition of monorail

as in railroad

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Recent Examples of monorail Kane was the announcer for the live Oscars telecast four times and was the voice of Disney World’s monorail system since 2012. — Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026 Disney, ultimately in Disneyland, built a mini city, with tiny cars, a monorail and vintage modes of transportation. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 In 1963, a monorail was suggested by a German company to rise over the famous street. — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 May 2026 While power was never restored to the monorail, it was eventually towed back to Disney's Transportation & Ticket Center. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for monorail

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In the 1880s, quarterly reporting by railroads and other transportation companies were common.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
From the railroads of the 1800s to power grids, aviation, the telephone, the integrated circuit, the internet and now artificial intelligence (AI), private capital has financed wave after wave of progress.

— Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of railroad

Noun

Against the backdrop of a bright-yellow 1890s railway depot that’s now a local history museum, this market is a hive of downtown activity.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Around midnight, the train came to a stop at Cook, a lonely outpost stuck almost midway between Perth and Adelaide, originally built to support the railway.

— Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Definition of railway

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Consider the impact of investing even near that number in our existing bus and rail network and the land surrounding those stations.

— Pete Harrison, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
Chastain, who lives in Virginia, has proposed many different rail transit plans for the city through petition initiatives, but none have ever become a reality.

— Dylan Lysen July 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

Definition of rail

Noun

The size of the frozen zone in which crews are working to stabilize a building in Midtown Manhattan was decreased late Tuesday, but some roads remain blocked.

— Kelly McCleary, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
This can cause loss of control in extreme circumstances, especially when the road conditions aren’t prime.

— Keith Laing, USA Today, 8 July 2026

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