people mover

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noun

any of various forms of mass transit, as moving sidewalks or automated driverless vehicles, used for transporting people along limited, fixed routes, as around airports or congested urban areas.

any vehicle that transports people quickly from one destination to another.

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Origin of people mover

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby people mover

peonage, peony, people, people carrier, peoplehood, people mover, people person, people's commune, people's court, people's democracy, people's front

How to use people mover in a sentence

All of the region’s transit operations would have a home there, and there’d be a people mover train from the hub to the airport terminals.
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Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
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Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.
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There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
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Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
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If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.
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The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
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The people here retained the same paganism and barbarity, only they were not so dangerous, being conquered by the Muscovites.
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All our people were well mounted, and armed with rifles, pistols, and bowie-knives.
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“This is a distressing predicament for these young people,” thought Mr. Pickwick, as he dressed himself next morning.
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Few people, I think, realize that, and fewer still realize the reasonable consequences of that.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

British Dictionary definitions for people mover

people mover

noun

any of various automated forms of transport for large numbers of passengers over short distances, such as a moving pavement, driverless cars, etc

another name for multipurpose vehicle

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people mover

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