elevated railroad

as in elevated

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Noun
  • Like the 19th-century railroad industry—where true economic transformation stemmed from cities and industries enabled by railroads—rockets are infrastructure enabling a larger economic ecosystem.
    Reema Khan, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Bertha sets her sights on a prize that would elevate the family to unimaginable heights; George risks everything on a gambit that could revolutionize the railroad industry.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025
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  • While Father Vitalii was growing up in Rivne, his father, a railway engineer and former Soviet soldier, had discouraged him from pursuing a military career of his own.
    Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2025
  • This means strengthening and building fuel tanks, skeletal bases with paved parking areas and bunkers, fiber-optic cables, and even railway sidings to permit rapid unloading of trains.
    Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Elevated railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elevated%20railroad. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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