express lane
noun
US
: an area in a store (such as a supermarket) where customers form a line that lets them pay for the things they are buying more quickly than other lanes
Customers with fewer than 12 items can use the express lane.
Examples of express lane in a Sentence
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Target is rolling out a self-checkout express lane that limits customers to 10 items because self-checkout lines are too long.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
And the state has been working on providing faster bus service across the Julia Tuttle Causeway by having buses use the shoulder as an express lane.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
Dear Miss Manners: I grocery shop multiple times a week and frequently use the express lane.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
For most places along the corridor, UDOT favored an expansion that would include five general lanes, an express lane and an auxiliary lane in certain areas in each direction.
—Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
Guests who don’t bring bags, purses or backpacks can enter through the express lane.
—Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2023
Single-lane closures on I-465: From Monday to Friday, single-lane closures are expected overnight on I-465 eastbound/southbound near the express lane to move the barrier wall.
—Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2023
Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
And the state has been working on providing faster bus service across the Julia Tuttle Causeway by having buses use the shoulder as an express lane.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
Dear Miss Manners: I grocery shop multiple times a week and frequently use the express lane.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
For most places along the corridor, UDOT favored an expansion that would include five general lanes, an express lane and an auxiliary lane in certain areas in each direction.
—Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
Guests who don’t bring bags, purses or backpacks can enter through the express lane.
—Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2023
Single-lane closures on I-465: From Monday to Friday, single-lane closures are expected overnight on I-465 eastbound/southbound near the express lane to move the barrier wall.
—Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2023
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“Express lane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/express%20lane. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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