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subway

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Definition of subway

as in tunnel

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Recent Examples of subway On a scale from Saks Fifth Avenue to a subway sax player, where does Anne Hathaway fit? — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2026 On the subway system, workers had rolled out some flood mitigation tools at Coney Island and Howard Beach stations, and had begun pre-storm work of covering up system vents and clearing out drainage systems. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 Tracks a major geomagnetic storm The researchers tested the sensor beyond the subway demonstration. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026 Nussbaum and her colleagues began passing out leaflets at Boston subway and bus stops to women heading to their jobs at downtown office buildings. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subway

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Traditional secure email gateways and web proxies rely on inspecting SMTP traffic or forcing browser sessions through corporate network tunnels.

— Firas Azmeh, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Like Hall-effect switches, tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) switches use magnets, but TMR keyboard PCBs use a different type of sensor.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

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Meanwhile, interiors were curated by architect Andrea Faraguna under Tron’s creative direction, yielding a gallery-like ambience.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
View gallery - 11 images Ahead of the upcoming fall sales season, smart home robotics brand Narwal has announced an exclusive early access promotion on its flagship robot vacuum and mop system, the Narwal Flow 2.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

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But the detail about the cave had not appeared in the police report, because Rachelle had not been interviewed directly by investigators after she was evacuated.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Michael does have a nice moment with Joe in this man wine cave about Joe standing up for him at the round table, and they hug.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

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