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Recent Examples of railroads
In the late 19th century, in the wake of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Japanese immigrants began arriving in California in search of opportunity, enticed by the promise of employment with mining companies, agricultural producers, and railroads.
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
At the time, the STB ended up approving that $31 billion takeover largely due to the small size of KCS, with the merging companies remaining the smallest of the Class I North American railroads.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
Such fusion dishes reflect the country’s large Chinese population, a migration that began in the 19th century, when Chinese workers came to Peru to build the railroads.
—Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Data centers deteriorate rapidly, unlike the more durable infrastructure of canals, railroads, or even fiber-optic cables.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Fewer containers to ship means lower profits for trucking companies, warehouse firms, and railroads.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
War stories have acquired even greater momentum since railroads and military staff colleges emerged in the late nineteenth century, when states committed themselves to the business of planning—a serious work that nevertheless entails playing war games and imagining scenarios.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Electric telegraph lines and railroads encouraged and were encouraged by a new age of imperial expansion, commodity extraction, industrialization, urban growth, global migration, rising population, and scientific development, among other things.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
By the late 1800s, with railroads, threshing machines, large slaughterhouses and steamships with refrigeration, Argentina exported vast quantities of wheat and beef to England.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
At the time, the STB ended up approving that $31 billion takeover largely due to the small size of KCS, with the merging companies remaining the smallest of the Class I North American railroads.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
Such fusion dishes reflect the country’s large Chinese population, a migration that began in the 19th century, when Chinese workers came to Peru to build the railroads.
—Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Data centers deteriorate rapidly, unlike the more durable infrastructure of canals, railroads, or even fiber-optic cables.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Fewer containers to ship means lower profits for trucking companies, warehouse firms, and railroads.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
War stories have acquired even greater momentum since railroads and military staff colleges emerged in the late nineteenth century, when states committed themselves to the business of planning—a serious work that nevertheless entails playing war games and imagining scenarios.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Electric telegraph lines and railroads encouraged and were encouraged by a new age of imperial expansion, commodity extraction, industrialization, urban growth, global migration, rising population, and scientific development, among other things.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
By the late 1800s, with railroads, threshing machines, large slaughterhouses and steamships with refrigeration, Argentina exported vast quantities of wheat and beef to England.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for railroads
Noun
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Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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Now the roads and sidewalks are open, and life is being breathed back into both the small business community and the city, Hoiosen told the Idaho Statesman.—
Rose Evans
November 8,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Roads and railways have been damaged and power disrupted in several areas.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The terminal operator aims to enhance the port’s capacity and capabilities with state-of-the-art container and liquid cargo-handling infrastructure, while strengthening multimodal connectivity with India’s major railways and inland infrastructure.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Railroads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroads. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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