monorails

noun

plural of monorail
as in railroads

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  1. railroads
  2. railways
  3. roads
  4. rails
Noun
  • 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 railroads
Noun
  • Along with bridges and railways, Ukrainian drones targeted cargo trucks, fuel tankers and trains throughout the month.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • More than 400 people died as a result of the storm, which also shut down roads and railways and destroyed boats.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of railways
Noun
  • Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
  • Since the incident began, the size of the frozen zone in which crews work to stabilize the building has gradually been reduced, roads have reopened and many of the vacate orders have been lifted.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Definition of roads
Noun
  • 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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