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escalator

[es-kuh-ley-ter] / ˈɛs kəˌleɪ tər /
NOUN
moving staircase
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“In the escalator example, the only value accrued to the customer. This is how it always goes if no monopoly rents can be charged by the producers or providers,” added Burry.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

General Assembly—here depicted as a collection of babies—about the building’s escalator malfunctioning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

The new terminal has a much bigger and better security-lane setup, which should alleviate the legendary bottlenecks caused by a cramped space at the bottom of an escalator in the old venue.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

But, as the UN made clear, the escalator suddenly stopped after a White House videographer accidentally triggered a safety mechanism.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2025

We had to weave our way around people to get to the escalator that led up to the street level.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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