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railroad

noun

ˈrāl-ˌrōd

Definition of railroad

as in road

a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel that railroad hasn't been used for passenger trains for decades

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Recent Examples of railroad The group recently executed a letter of intent with the CSX railroad, although the parties have not yet signed a final agreement. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 For about five years, a direct route to the light rail station has been unavailable for neighborhoods north of the railroad tracks, sending motorists west before heading back east to the station. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026 From her office on the 12th floor of Norfolk Southern’s skyscraper in Midtown Atlanta, a big part of Dianne Barnett’s job as chief mechanical officer is to improve safety of the Fortune 500 railroad. — Kelly Yamanouchi, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026 When the railroad arrived, Hempstead began shipping its harvest all over the region. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for railroad

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AVs can cause safety issues, especially during inclement weather, blackouts and on roads where there's construction or unusual traffic.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Thus the oceanic feeling might be the royal road to establishing a museum of affiliations, rather than the old colonialist museum of conquests.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

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Russia pounded Kyiv for more than 12 hours in a sixth straight night of attacks, killing at least 12 people including six railway workers and an Indian citizen, and devastating civilian districts.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Serbia has experienced its largest wave of student protests and civil unrest in decades since the collapse of a railway station canopy killed 16 people in November 2024.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

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