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monorail

[mon-uh-rayl] / ˈmɒn əˌreɪl /
NOUN
people mover
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“I don’t think there’s any other option but to move forward with the project,” said Daisuke Hasegawa, a 23-year-old monorail driver in Naha, Okinawa’s capital, referring to the Futenma relocation plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Flanking a stage near the monorail station, you’ll find a glistening white tower, the work of artist and activist Nikkolas Smith, who has adopted the term “artivist.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

The option eliminates a controversial monorail proposal through the Sepulveda Pass and bypasses a stop at the Getty Center, which had once been under consideration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

Theme park operator Flamingo Land believed it would be given the go-ahead to build a £40m resort called Lomond Banks, featuring a waterpark, monorail, hotel and restaurants.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025

Lenina, meanw hile, had turned her eyes away and was looking perpendicularly downwards at the monorail station.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Gurr’s defining Disney creations — the sci-fi-inspired monorails of Disneyland and Walt Disney World, the first implementation of a tubular steel coaster in the Matterhorn — are just a small fraction of his résumé.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025

Before entrepreneurs in Seattle won fame selling computer software or takeout coffee across the globe, the city’s vision of Century 21 soared on monorails.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022

Most U.S. monorails run in short loops around amusement parks or between airport terminals.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2021

Long winters, home and hearth, wrap up snugly: the decor of the future that’s already with us is not soaring megastructures, holidays on the moon, monorails and geodesic domes.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2016

The aircraft, the high-speed auto-trucks over modern speedways, the aeroplane-motored monorails, the rocket-trains—all these shortened distance.

From Astounding Stories, June, 1931 by Various


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