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commuter

[kuh-myoo-ter] / kəˈmju tər /
NOUN
daily traveler, usually for work
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Hillman said there were advantages and disadvantages to being a commuter student.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

He looked like he should have been getting off a commuter train, not the Eye.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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

Uganda's Daily Monitor newspaper said Uber's departure would mean a major change for commuters in the capital, Kampala.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 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

She crosses over Georgia 400, the clogged artery that pumps hundreds of thousands of commuters into Alpharetta’s glass and brushed-metal office parks and, an hour’s drive south, into downtown Atlanta.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times


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