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 on the Web The aim is to claim railway routes across the US and Canada using your colorful plastic rail cars. Adrienne So, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024 The South’s military fired warning shots south of the border on Tuesday in response to the North’s detonations on roads and railways. Reuters, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024 An ‘acute military situation’ In a statement carried by state-run news agency KCNA on October 9, the general staff of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) declared that remaining roads and railways connected to the South would be completely cut, blocking access along the border. Gawon Bae, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024 Estimates of the number of available parking spots (streets, event venues, garages, airports, railway stations, homes, apartment buildings, etc.) range from 105M-2B (the 105M are paid spots, 35M on-street and 70M off-street). Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 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 5 Nov. 2024.

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