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as in railings
a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports
the stairs are icy, so hold onto the rail
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Recent Examples of rails
Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Technical rails needed to adapt in parallel in order to allow the masses to participate in more tokenization events.
—Sandy Peng, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The company is also restoring the original winding staircase just inside the front entrance with gold rails on the side.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
After a poker game involving John Constantine and Jason Blood (alter ego of Etrigan the Demon) goes off the rails, average citizens suddenly start killing people, believing their victims to be demons.
—Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Several small area rugs need securing, and safety rails need to be installed in two of the showers.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Several small rugs need securing, and safety rails need to be installed in two of the showers.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Hadley Baxter is a modern-day Hollywood actor, cast to play Marian in a movie while her own life is going off the rails.
—Eliana Ramage
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The boom has long passed and the route is now plied by the Ferrobús, which vaguely resembles a coach on rails and follows a truncated route between Oruro and the town of Villazón on the Argentine border.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
Riding the rails gives you time to slow down and look at the canopy’s changing hues, from chartreuse to crimson.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Technical rails needed to adapt in parallel in order to allow the masses to participate in more tokenization events.
—Sandy Peng, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The company is also restoring the original winding staircase just inside the front entrance with gold rails on the side.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
After a poker game involving John Constantine and Jason Blood (alter ego of Etrigan the Demon) goes off the rails, average citizens suddenly start killing people, believing their victims to be demons.
—Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Several small area rugs need securing, and safety rails need to be installed in two of the showers.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Several small rugs need securing, and safety rails need to be installed in two of the showers.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Hadley Baxter is a modern-day Hollywood actor, cast to play Marian in a movie while her own life is going off the rails.
—Eliana Ramage
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The boom has long passed and the route is now plied by the Ferrobús, which vaguely resembles a coach on rails and follows a truncated route between Oruro and the town of Villazón on the Argentine border.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rails
Noun
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The Union Jack over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half mast in a sign of respect following the announcement of the duchess’ death, and the traditional framed announcement was placed on the royal residence’s railings.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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The project will also include ADA-compliant curb ramps, new posts with pedestrian push buttons and posts, pedestrian barricades, protective railings and traffic striping.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Red and white English flags have proliferated along streets and been painted on roads.—
Vitalii Yalahuzian,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Speaking at Morgan Stanley’s Laguna Conference on Wednesday, Vena pointed to new partnerships between other major North American railroads that have been forged in the wake of the UP-NS mega-merger as an indicator that competition is firmly heating up.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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Their grip is not on steel and railroads, but information, which has the capacity to change human existence in fundamental ways.—
Jamie Merisotis,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Daxing International Airport is also conveniently connected directly to China’s high-speed railways as well as local Beijing trains, making access to the airport easy.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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So Xinjiang launched an ambitious initiative to fuse data from all available sources, including banks, railways, and phone companies, into a central database.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Rails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rails. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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