Synonyms for escalator
ˈɛs kəˌleɪ təres·ca·la·tor

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1. escalator clause, escalatornoun

   a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)

   Synonyms:
   moving stairway, escalator clause, moving staircase

2. escalator, moving staircase, moving stairwaynoun

   a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt

   Synonyms:
   moving stairway, escalator clause, moving staircase

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1. List of paraphrases for "escalator":

   escalators, ladder, elevator, staircase, lifts, lift

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1. Brian Brettschneider:

   Even with the current cold snap, I don't see any way that 2019 is not the warmest year on record, will every year be as warm as this? No. But the escalator is going up.

2. Graham Kidner Vickie:

   You will make great love and will always be together, graham and I looked at one another, completely confused, and nearly tripped off the escalator.

3. Paul Roos:

   We ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another. By that time he had stopped shooting, he turned around and started coming towards us. He was holding his gun inside his jacket. He looked around anxiously to see if anyone was going to stop him and then went down the escalator ... We heard some more gunfire and then another explosion, and then it was over.

4. Paul Roos:

   He was wearing all black. His face was not masked ... We ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another. By that time he had stopped shooting, he turned around and started coming towards us. He was holding his gun inside his jacket. He looked around anxiously to see if anyone was going to stop him and then went down the escalator ... We heard some more gunfire and then another explosion, and then it was over.

5. Police Captain Richard Conklin:

   It's very tragic, when we contacted the woman's family they indicated she was having some psychological problems. But jumping from an escalator to commit suicide is very rare.