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Recent Examples of railroad
Rob Albrecht-Mallinger, the plan commission’s chairman, noted that with the South Shore railroad’s track upgrade and the ongoing Marquette Greenway project, a trail that will one day stretch from Chicago to New Buffalo, Michigan, the town will see more tourism.
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Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
Cloud computing, 5G, edge computing and massive data centers could be considered the new railroads and factories.
—Kevin Brady, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Some liken it to the early days of the railroads, when entire towns grew up around new lines.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Developers, in recent years, have put forward plans to build a soccer stadium, retail, housing and entertainment venues in the area, which has sat largely empty since railroad operators pulled out in the 1990s.
—Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
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Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
Cloud computing, 5G, edge computing and massive data centers could be considered the new railroads and factories.
—Kevin Brady, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Some liken it to the early days of the railroads, when entire towns grew up around new lines.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Developers, in recent years, have put forward plans to build a soccer stadium, retail, housing and entertainment venues in the area, which has sat largely empty since railroad operators pulled out in the 1990s.
—Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for railroad
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As Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed its 6-foot-tall lunar lander on the moon’s surface around 2:34 a.m. Sunday morning, cheers erupted at the watch party at Haute Spot in Cedar Park, just down the road from where 50 Firefly operators monitored the landing.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Among road games for Carty’s Blue Hens is a trip to Colorado on September 6 and a date at Wake Forest on November 22.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Most major underground subway systems, such as the New York City Subway, are all electric railways.—
Charles Singh,
The Tennessean,
30 July 2025
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Most freight rail mergers combine railways that share a similar service area to build density and market share rather than seek an end-to-end merger like this one, Swan said.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
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“Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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