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escalator

[ es-kuh-ley-ter ]

noun

  1. a continuously moving staircase on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
  2. a means of rising or descending, increasing or decreasing, etc., especially by stages:

    the social escalator.



adjective

  1. of, relating to, or included in an escalator clause:

    The union demands escalator protection of wages.

escalator

/ ˈɛskəˌleɪtə /

noun

  1. a moving staircase consisting of stair treads fixed to a conveyor belt, for transporting passengers between levels, esp between the floors of a building
  2. short for escalator clause
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of escalator1

An Americanism first recorded in 1895–1900; formerly a trademark; perhaps escal(ade) + (elev)ator
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Word History and Origins

Origin of escalator1

C20: originally a trademark
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Example Sentences

And if there's one issue that differentiated Trump from other Republicans from the minute he came down that golden escalator it's his promise to preserve the so-called entitlement programs.

From Salon

Drought has withered the palms, and the escalators are still.

By the time Trump had glided down his golden escalator to announce his candidacy a year earlier, the nation was accustomed to rancor and sharpening divisions.

Giuliani's speech carried echoes of Trump's presidential run announcement, in which he rode down an escalator to call Mexicans "criminals" and "rapists" before adding that "some of them, I'm sure, are good people."

From Salon

After descending down a gold escalator at Trump Tower, the site of his family’s penthouse that was their primary residence until 2019, Trump announced his White House bid.

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