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pedestrian

[puh-des-tree-uhn] / pəˈdɛs tri ən /


NOUN
person traveling on foot
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A pedestrian passes by a man sleeping on the sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles Aug. 21.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Expo’s most recent master plan, approved in 2020, called for, among many other unexecuted improvements, replacing State Drive with a soft, shaded pedestrian route called Museum Walk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Officials in some cities are trying to reduce pedestrian deaths by redesigning roadways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

By the time drivers notice a pedestrian in the road, it is often too late.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

We set off after Madame at a reasonable distance, first through the pedestrian precinct, then along the near-deserted High Street.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

An analysis of U.S. traffic collision records found that fatal crashes involving school-aged pedestrians were roughly twice as likely to occur during dark mornings as after sunrise.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Though a bit inconvenient, separating pedestrians from moving traffic is an effective measure to increase safety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Other research has shown permanent daylight saving could lead to more vehicle collisions with pedestrians because of darker morning commutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

A stretch of London's iconic Oxford Street was made traffic-free "forever" starting Monday, as pedestrians took over the country's most famous shopping street, absent of the capital's red double-decker buses and black cabs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

She watched the cars crawling up Chicken Street, threading through the horde of hawkers and pedestrians, honking at children and donkeys who wouldn’t move.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini


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