monorails

noun

plural of monorail
as in railroads

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  1. railroads
  2. railways
  3. roads
  4. rails
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • In recent days, the US has expanded its targets beyond Iranian coastal sites housing radar and drone facilities to include roads, tunnels, railways, port infrastructure and, according to Iranian media, a desalination plant.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • But airstrikes have recently extended to infrastructure, such as railways that could be used to ferry weapons.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 July 2026
Definition of railways
Noun
  • An application request filed with the city of Meridian shows plans for a 24,000-square-foot micro-hospital on South Rackham Way, near the northeast corner of Eagle and Overland roads, south of Interstate 84.
    — Rose Evans July 24, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026
  • The late 2023 fire gutted the LaVista Road apartment complex, shut down nearby roads and affected more than 200 residents.
    — Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of roads
Noun
  • But what happens to these companies as blockchain rails push the cost of moving money across currencies toward zero?
    — Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, crypto has finally moved beyond its speculative era as new players like Hyperliquid adapt blockchain rails for trading conventional commodities like oil, and as big Wall Street firms embrace tokenized assets.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of rails
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“Monorails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monorails. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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