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permanent way

noun

British.
  1. the roadbed and track of a railroad.


permanent way

noun

  1. the track of a railway, including the ballast, sleepers, rails, etc
“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 permanent way1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

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The terrain is difficult enough and inaccessible enough that it likely would not have been utilized even by pre-Columbian peoples, certainly not in a permanent way.

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So those wheels have always moved extraordinarily slowly, and I wish that revelations like Dan Janzen's back in the early '90s would have really changed that in a permanent way, in a global way, but they haven't.

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Those joining the call are "ready to help bring an end to this war in a just and permanent way that allows Ukraine to enjoy its freedom", he said.

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The result is that we can genetically label those cells in a permanent way.

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Now, campaigners hope there can be a permanent way to remember her in the town where she made such a difference.

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