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streetcar
noun
street·car
ˈstrēt-ˌkär 
: a vehicle on rails used primarily for transporting passengers and typically operating on city streets
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On New Year's Eve, the light rail and Tempe streetcar will operate on a weekday schedule with extended service hours until 2 a.m. Buses will operate on a normal weekday schedule.
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Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
An entrepreneur who had started and sold several ventures including a boxing gym and frozen custard shop, Craig started the roofing business in 1944 at the age of 69 in an old streetcar barn in Joplin, Missouri.
—Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
The streetcar was traveling north on North Milwaukee Street near East Wisconsin Avenue when the crash occurred at about 7:39 p.m.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans Four-Star The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans’ annual life-size gingerbread streetcar pulls into the station with Big Easy legends aboard.
—Spencer Whaley, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
An entrepreneur who had started and sold several ventures including a boxing gym and frozen custard shop, Craig started the roofing business in 1944 at the age of 69 in an old streetcar barn in Joplin, Missouri.
—Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
The streetcar was traveling north on North Milwaukee Street near East Wisconsin Avenue when the crash occurred at about 7:39 p.m.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans Four-Star The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans’ annual life-size gingerbread streetcar pulls into the station with Big Easy legends aboard.
—Spencer Whaley, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Streetcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streetcar. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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streetcar
noun
street·car
-ˌkär
: a passenger vehicle that runs on rails and typically operates on city streets
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