How to Use commuter in a Sentence
commuter
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The Past Decades ago, L.A. car commuters shared space with streetcars.
—Curbed, 29 Nov. 2023
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At the height of the crisis, many commuters avoided the system and fell out of practice.
—Ana Ley, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
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Then the commuter trains became cargo rail, and by the late 1970s, that was gone, too.
—New York Times, 23 Jan. 2022
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And unlike those schools, Cal State L.A. is a commuter school.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
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The loss of the bridge will also snarl cargo and commuter traffic.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Mar. 2024
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As a result, the plane sits comfortably in the commuter class.
—Dana Givens, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2022
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In fact, the road model might be the ideal pick for urban commuters.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Birmingham-Hoover was ranked as the ninth worst large metro for commuters.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 7 Apr. 2023
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If a train stalls in one of the three remaining tubes, thousands of commuters will be late.
—Larry Penner, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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This still seemed odd—why would retirees drive more than commuters?
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
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But those issues will be easy to look past for many looking for a great commuter bike.
—Maren Estrada, BGR, 26 Apr. 2022
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Its night skiing draws a commuter crowd that can ski and ride after work.
—Jake Stern, Outside Online, 11 Sep. 2024
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Gone are the throngs of office workers and morning commuters.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
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Bucha had been one of the most desirable commuter suburbs of Kyiv.
—New York Times, 11 Apr. 2022
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Four-fifths of higher-wage jobs are held by suburban commuters who don’t live in the city.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
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Many commuters opted to drive to work, causing some delays on the roads, while those who could worked from home.
—Frank Jordans, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
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But even with the decline, Portland still has the highest number of bike commuters in the country.
—oregonlive, 24 July 2023
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Without them on the job, those trains will not run, nor will many commuter and Amtrak trains that run over freight rail lines.
—Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
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Popsicle is the perfect commuter ebike for a mom with two kids.
—WIRED, 14 Sep. 2022
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Often, while waiting for the commuter rail, one of us would grab a doughnut from one of the two Dunkin’ Donuts in Back Bay station.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
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Video footage captured by commuter Dan Kanes showed the bear standing in the middle of the highway as traffic came to a halt.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
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An Alabama area was ranked as the worst place for commuters among all small-sized metros.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 7 Apr. 2023
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Several commuters snapped photos with their phones and grinned at the scene.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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The attacks struck Kyiv at the start of the morning rush hour, when commuter traffic was beginning to pick up.
—Adam Schreck, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2022
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Picking out my commuter gear was easy during the summer and fall.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 11 Jan. 2023
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One version of the Levacar was designed as a new kind of commuter rail system.
—oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2022
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The change will be a blow to travelers and commuters who use the service to save time and eliminate hassle.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
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The worst time is the late afternoon, when travelers mix with rush hour commuters.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
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In the same way, when a highway is expanded, and congestion decreases, those commuters might opt to drive at rush hour and thus cause congestion to go back up.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2025
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Its pieces are streamlined, built to be ergonomic for commuters who have to navigate through relentless weather conditions.
—Barry Samaha, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2025
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