: an underground way: such as
a
: a passage under a street (as for pedestrians, power cables, or water or gas mains)
b
: a usually electric underground railway
c
subway
intransitive verb
Examples of subway in a Sentence
I took the subway to midtown.
No one on the subway seemed to mind how crowded it was.
I've been on both the New York subway and the Underground in London.
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It’s nudged people to ride the subway more, which helps reduce crime on the trains.
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2025
In 2024, the agency says there were more than 1 billion trips on the subway.
—Nic F. Anderson, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
Yesterday’s storm tracked eastward, dumping pea-sized hail in Pennsylvania, intense rain in New York City where water poured into subway stations, and powerful winds in the Carolinas that downed power lines and scattered debris.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Just a five-minute walk from the Jamaica subway station and AirTrain, which takes travelers to JFK-Airport in under 15 minutes, Choices Women’s Medical Center rests in a quiet alleyway off a bustling avenue.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2025
In 2024, the agency says there were more than 1 billion trips on the subway.
—Nic F. Anderson, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
Yesterday’s storm tracked eastward, dumping pea-sized hail in Pennsylvania, intense rain in New York City where water poured into subway stations, and powerful winds in the Carolinas that downed power lines and scattered debris.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Just a five-minute walk from the Jamaica subway station and AirTrain, which takes travelers to JFK-Airport in under 15 minutes, Choices Women’s Medical Center rests in a quiet alleyway off a bustling avenue.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Subway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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subway
noun
sub·way
ˈsəb-ˌwā 
1
: an underground passage
2
: a usually electric underground railway
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