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Recent Examples of monorail
Wanamaker's and other stores even had a monorail that ferried children along the toy department − the better to see all the things to ask Santa for.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
With a monorail touching many landmarks, the map's building architecture looks modern, but with plenty of zip lines connecting buildings.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Instead of monorails, though, the Villages has golf carts.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The Seattle Police Department confirmed Charlotte was last seen on the monorail near the Space Needle in Seattle.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
With a monorail touching many landmarks, the map's building architecture looks modern, but with plenty of zip lines connecting buildings.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Instead of monorails, though, the Villages has golf carts.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The Seattle Police Department confirmed Charlotte was last seen on the monorail near the Space Needle in Seattle.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monorail
Noun
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The city also plans to construct a bridge over the Union Pacific railroad track that bisects the parkway’s future path.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2025
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Bokhari was also the lone vote on the City Council against a draft transit deal and purchasing railroad tracks for the Red Line train from uptown to the Lake Norman area.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Serbia has seen months of anti-government rallies after 16 deaths from a railway station roof collapse triggered accusations of widespread corruption and negligence.—
Reuters,
USA TODAY,
25 Mar. 2025
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However, unlike countries in Europe and Asia, most railway tracks and train stations are typically owned by freight railroads, not the government.—
Paul Weinstein Jr.,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But as the season progressed, the [shudders] discourse really went off the rails.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2025
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Rigorous peer review is the guard rail by which error and sometimes bad science are cleansed from the system in favor of fact and truth.—
Primary care physicians,
Hartford Courant,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The back-bone contusion that prematurely ended his 2024-25 campaign after 30 games stemmed from a fall during a Mar. 19 road win vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Foreign assistance has started to arrive, but efforts have been stifled by buckled roads, collapsed bridges and downed cell towers.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Monorail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monorail. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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