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Examples of bullet train in a Sentence
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Over the last several months, American visitors have flocked to Japan to take advantage of a historically weak yen, lowering the price of hotels, restaurants, theme parks, and bullet train tickets.
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Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2024
There are currently more than 25 active construction sites in the Central Valley dedicated to that phase of the bullet train.
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Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
Life The suction speed of an elephant’s trunk is 330 miles per hour
That’s as fast as a bullet train in Japan.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
But while the new trips do indeed slash the overnight travel time by almost half, the high-speed sleeper services take slightly longer than the daytime bullet trains already in service connecting Hong Kong and the two cities in mainland China.
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Maggie Wong, CNN, 16 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1966, in the meaning defined above
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“Bullet train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullet%20train. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
bullet train
noun
: a very high-speed passenger train
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