elevated railroads

noun

plural of elevated railroad
as in elevateds

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  1. railroads
  2. railways
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  • Blacks in the South were routinely imprisoned on petty or trumped-up charges, then leased out to landowners, mining companies, railroads and factories as unpaid labor.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The economist William Nordhaus has shown that only two percent of the value created by innovations of the past, including railroads, airlines, and the Internet, went to the companies that built these networks.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • Russia has also intensified attacks on Ukraine's transport infrastructure, including road border crossings, railways and shipping routes, Derkach said.
    — Elsa Ohlen,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Tech investment has more than quadrupled in the last three years, a boom unmatched in scale or speed by the rise of railways, canals, or the Internet.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of railways
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“Elevated railroads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elevated%20railroads. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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