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moving sidewalk

American  

noun

  1. a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.


Etymology

Origin of moving sidewalk

First recorded in 1905–10


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“I could say more, but I shall say less,” she wrote Wednesday in a caption on an Instagram video showing her going back and forth on an airport’s moving sidewalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

The group lifted the calf to the surface to breathe as they moved below, acting as a kind of moving sidewalk to keep the calf afloat.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023

It means we're pushing up against the walls of the moving sidewalk we're already on.

From Fox News ● Jan. 25, 2022

But in their toggle between suburban rooms and gleaming event venues, on the moving sidewalk of Instagram and amid the rotten eggs of Twitter, they might well be surpassing the Partridges.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2021

Cannons are supposed to be loud, that's their claim to fame, and—like it or not—the moving sidewalk is bound to end sooner or later.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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