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escalator

[es-kuh-ley-ter] / ˈɛs kəˌleɪ tər /
NOUN
moving staircase
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“You find walls built in factories, you see elevators, you see escalators,” said Smith.

From Los Angeles Times

“I fell down an escalator when I was pregnant with him.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“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

During a family vacation in Germany, she ended up at a hospital after toppling down an escalator.

From The Wall Street Journal

When Louis Vuitton opened a large flagship on the Champs-Élysées 20 years ago, there was genuine shock that a luxury store would even have an escalator.

From The Wall Street Journal