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commuter

[kuh-myoo-ter] / kəˈmju tər /
NOUN
daily traveler, usually for work
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And if you’re a commuter, good luck telling someone their TikTok addiction is “breaching official MTA policy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Major cities in the Newark division include Elizabeth, Morristown, Montclair, Newark, as well as smaller commuter towns such as Short Hills and Glen Ridge.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Tom Anderson has owned a neighborhood pub and wine shop at the edge of Eagle Rock for seven years and thinks that offloading commuter traffic could be helpful to the area in the long run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Local resident Matthew Quinn, a 19-year-old former member of the Scottish Youth Parliament, says Gournock has embraced its future as a commuter town and believes other parts of Inverclyde should follow suit.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

I concentrate on the commuter and send my love.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

Long lines of stationary cars and buses were gridlocked on main roads as commuters sought alternative routes -- or even made their way on foot.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Survivors, including tens of thousands of residents, non-emergency civil servants, commuters and students, have to display symptoms first.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

The alerts force pupils to leave their classrooms and workers their offices and leave commuters struggling to get home as overland trains stop.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Keeping it up for an hour, next to civilian commuters who looked ready to climb onto the tracks themselves by Buena Park?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

There was our robot, standing still in the station while commuters hurried past.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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