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plural of train
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as in entourages
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person a movie star who never goes anywhere without a train of personal assistants to cater to his every whim and need

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as in fleets
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management a train of supply trucks making its way to the army encampment

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as in queues
a series of persons or things arranged one behind another already a long train of ticket buyers waiting outside the stadium

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trains

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verb

present tense third-person singular of train
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as in focuses
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective train all your thoughts on imagining how you'd score the winning goal in the game

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as in equips
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits

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Recent Examples of trains
Noun
The leaders of America’s largest transit systems say there are common problems that plague them all, including riders who do not pay their fare on trains and buses, cybersecurity threats and a need to modernize systems. Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Per-gallon prices for diesel, the fuel type utilized in trucks and trains, hit fresh records on Wednesday. Jeff Cox,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 Eventually, Amtrak would need to find trains, which are in short supply across the country, Clegg said. Rose Evans september 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026 Diesel powers tractors and other farm equipment, as well as fishing boats, trains, and trucks that move food to stores. Bydavid Schepp, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Sep. 2026 On average, 223 people were struck by trains annually over the past five years, according to MTA data. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026 There were no immediate reports of casualties on any of the trains. ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026 And in recent years, celebrities like Zendaya and Anya Taylor-Joy have embraced full European couture, trains and all. Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026 State guidance also calls for regional planning agencies to count the total number of trains. Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
The clock is ticking while Fantilli waits and trains a few hours away in Michigan. Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Canine Companions trains facility dogs to work alongside professionals in settings including schools, hospitals and other environments serving vulnerable populations. Brian Maass, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 The premise couldn’t be simpler, though Wollner’s incredible prologue — a careful arrangement of low-event long takes that emphasize how people move through spaces in time — trains our eyes to privilege texture over incident. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026 The most successful young athlete isn’t necessarily the one who trains the most. Michael Swartzon, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026 The system trains instantly on what a company can do, delivering precise, actionable numbers. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 Across the country, the Community Security Service (CSS) trains community members to volunteer alongside law enforcement and commercial security to keep their institutions and events safe. Richard Priem, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026 Donations will be accepted at the Wine Garden to benefit Shelter to Soldier, a local nonprofit that trains shelter dogs to become service dogs for post-9/11 veterans with PTSD and related injuries. Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 La Scuola del Cuoio Founded in 1950 to give WWII orphans a trade, the Leather School still trains leather artisans today. Laura Itzkowitz, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trains
Noun
  • The bout was a big draw for glitterati, gangs and their entourages -- particularly from Southern California.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Long before private jets and sprawling entourages became standard for global superstars, Starr and his bandmates — Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison — were simply four young men navigating fame together, suitcase by suitcase.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Minnesota Trucking Association represents nearly 500 fleets statewide.
    Frankie McLister, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That could make fleets of relatively inexpensive autonomous vessels useful for building persistent datasets across parts of the ocean that are poorly monitored today.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The smooth journeys contrasted with the train queues at Zandvoort last month and the long wait for taxis to leave the Hungaroring in July.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In a wartorn country where air travel is too perilous to even consider, the roads are the obvious option, but are jammed, precarious, and cursed with long, torturous border queues.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Some of this is down to the sequences in English; Oguri’s accent is sometimes hard to make out, which isn’t helped by the low sound mix and Miike’s tendency in dialogue scenes to show a reverse shot of the person not talking.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Housewife is certainly at its most potent during those earlier sequences, when Sheridan’s Lelyveld is under the mistaken impression that Hermine Ryan is the unwitting victim rather than the unrepentant perpetrator.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But as coach Sean McVay prepares his team for Monday night’s game against the New York Giants, the Super Bowl-favorite Rams’ suddenly not-so-super offense also demands scrutiny.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The film, directed by May el-Toukhy, is set in Denmark in the aftermath of World War II, as a maid prepares to marry her former employer.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Alicia's mother, Beverly, teaches part-time at the college's Women's Resource Center and Continuing Education Department.
    Sheryl Lee, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • On the eve of Kylie’s wedding to Gideon, Sally teaches her girls to light candles by simply blowing on the wicks.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Saturday’s first day of the Emmys saw awards presented to unscripted series, variety shows and specials shows and variety specials, while Sunday’s show focuses on dramas, comedies and limited series.
    Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, Tehran’s new leverage focuses on the strait that is crucial to global oil and natural gas shipments and was seen as an international waterway before the war began.
    Toqa Ezzidin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The initiative aims to bring positivity and hope to children battling critical illnesses.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The free meals program aims to combat malnutrition and reduce childhood stunting by providing meals to nearly 90 million students, toddlers and pregnant women.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

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“Trains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trains. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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