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escalator

noun as in moving staircase

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As she ducked out of the Sheraton fundraiser, she met a group of women coming at her on the up escalator.

Five minutes later, Grace bounds down the stationary escalator, clutching a bacon cheeseburger and a Coke.

So I quickly made way down the escalator to the baggage claim and into the car pickup area.

My escort tucked all eight copies under his arm, and we headed back to the escalator.

So, we rode up an escalator—a very long escalator—and found the book.

Beardsley stepped onto the corridor slidewalk, coasted to the escalator and rode it down.

The tallest of the Lhari—the old one, whom Bart had seen on the escalator—looked long and hard at him.

They went down the long handsome corridor and stood on the purring escalator.

And even an escalator in a department store might be excused for tripping up a troubadour.

They went up five levels that way—without seeing another person—before Kerk relented and let the escalator do the work.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to escalator, such as: moving stairway, and people mover.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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