passengers
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pluralof passenger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
passengernouna person who is traveling in an automobile, bus, train, airplane, or other conveyance, especially one who is not the driver, pilot, or the like.
Example Sentences
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The King and former Prime Minister Keir Starmer have been on one but barely any passengers have.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Cruisers hang stockings on their doors and fellow passengers roam the halls stuffing them like Santa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Buses replaced trains while the works were carried out and Network Rail has thanked passengers for putting up with any disruption.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The flight was en route from Austin, Texas, to Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, with seven passengers and two crew members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
This Concord coach is the famous Wild West stage, hauling mail and passengers over the plains and across deserts.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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