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commuter

[kuh-myoo-ter] / kəˈmju tər /
NOUN
daily traveler, usually for work
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The strike at the Dnipro train station hit a platform "where a regular commuter train and a regular passenger train were standing", Zelensky said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

AhSue said that Metrolink, which provides commuter rail service throughout Southern California, will be looped into the relocation study.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, said the gradual growth of commuter students was linked to the cost of living.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The more social approach, and my personal preference, is to huff and glare at the human foghorn—and try to catch the eye of a fellow pissed-off commuter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

A commuter train coming from Philadelphia rumbles into the station, and Teddy’s face lights up.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The old railroad town has become a destination for retirees like Summers, 74, a former administrator at Cal State San Bernardino, and for commuters who don’t mind the roughly 25-mile drive to Tucson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

The curfews meant many commuters could not take their regular urban rail services back home, but some late Tuesday said they understood.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

This community of roughly 2,000 is populated partly by blue-collar commuters living alongside soybean, corn and wheat farmers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

One morning, I joined a small congregation of commuters attempting to convince the turnstiles that our phones were, in fact, perfectly legitimate fare payment.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The commuters glanced uneasily at them before scurrying up the steps.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer


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