elevated railroad

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for elevated railroad
Noun
  • On a bridge above the railroad tracks, a mother and daughter walk slowly toward me.
    Rebecca Chace July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
  • That limitation began to give way in the 19th century when the railroad barons needed property to build their rail lines.
    James Burling, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • On top of that, an ongoing railway worker shortage continues to lengthen dwell times for containers waiting at the port.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 July 2025
  • Williams, the son of a Welsh railway worker, was, like Dyer, lifted by grammar school and a scholarship to an august university—Cambridge, in his case.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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“Elevated railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elevated%20railroad. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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