: 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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He was previously charged with sucker-punching an MTA station agent, also female, on Sept. 16 in an East Side subway station.
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Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
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In a video posted on TikTok by eyewitness Brown, the mom could be seen lying on the floor of the subway car as she was surrounded by passengers, who assisted her by wrapping the newborn in a blanket.
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New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said just after 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, a train conductor was notified by numerous passengers that a woman had given birth inside a subway car.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
The footage of the birth was posted to TikTok by a bystander, showing Saint Pierre lying on the floor of the subway car after giving birth.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 13 Feb. 2025
In a video posted on TikTok by eyewitness Brown, the mom could be seen lying on the floor of the subway car as she was surrounded by passengers, who assisted her by wrapping the newborn in a blanket.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said just after 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, a train conductor was notified by numerous passengers that a woman had given birth inside a subway car.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Subway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway. Accessed 20 Feb. 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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