as in road
a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation

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Recent Examples of railway The desk's acronym stands for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway because the desk was built for one of the railway's owners and later donated to the White House, according to Realtor.com. Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025 There’s history, too: In 1883, railway workers found natural hot springs (now known as the Cave and Basin site) at the base of Sulphur Mountain, which catalyzed the creation of the national park two years later. Cindy Hirschfeld, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 Brussels-Midi railway station, the terminus for both the Eurostar service from London St. Pancras and Paris Gare du Nord, is 1.7 miles from the hotel. Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2025 Glyphosate is also increasingly used to clear out weeds in other places, such as along railways, and has been popular among home gardeners. Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for railway

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“Railway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railway. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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