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railway

[reyl-wey] / ˈreɪlˌweɪ /
NOUN
railroad
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While higher steel prices, trade protections, and growth in the railway business should support earnings, the stock looks fairly valued at current levels, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

When city authorities dismantled an encampment along the side of a railway line last month, he couldn't find housing for everyone.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Every morning, before the city has fully woken up, men in white caps and shirts arrive at Mumbai's suburban railway stations on bicycles stacked high with lunchboxes.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

In the railway age, a productivity boom and an investment bubble led to falling prices—and panicked bankers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Ten dollars for railway tickets, and another ten for lodgings.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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