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commuter

[kuh-myoo-ter] / kəˈmyu tər /
NOUN
daily traveler, usually for work
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For example, EVs well-suited to serving as daily commuter cars that rarely leave a city can cost much less than fast-charging range monsters ready to challenge gas vehicles on road trips.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

"This is their livelihood, they had mouths to feed, they need to live. As a commuter, I need to understand their situation as well."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

In Rahway, N.J., a popular commuter town that’s part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area, the average home was valued at around $310,000 in December 2019.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

At Barcelona's main station Sants, fewer passengers were in the concourse than usual, with the strike following weeks of chaos on the northeastern Catalonia's ageing commuter network, used by hundreds of thousands of people.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

The commuter shuttles ran only a few times a day, so the residents lucky enough to have a job would already be waiting at the bus stop by the highway.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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