express train

noun

: a train that has very few stops

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In 2018, former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration tapped billionaire Elon Musk’s The Boring Company to build an express train to the airport using unproven tunneling technology. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 Closer to Tokyo, the sleek Laview express train runs from Ikebukuro straight to Chichibu in about 80 minutes, depositing riders steps from Matsuri no Yu, a humble public bathhouse built around the town's annual winter festival. — Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The train that hit the woman was identified as the RE45 regional express train on the Heilbronn–Karlsruhe line by the Heilbronner Stimme newspaper. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 The business can really come at people like an express train. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for express train

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“Express train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/express%20train. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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