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commute
(redirected from commutes for)

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commute something into something
to change something into something. No one, as it turns out, can commute lead into gold. I had hoped to commute this argument into a sensible discussion, but it is hopeless.

commute between places

to travel between the place where one works and the place where one lives. I have to commute between Chicago and Detroit every week. Mary has commuted between New York City and New Jersey for years.
See also: place

commute from some place

to travel to work from some place. I commute from way out in the country. Betty commutes from only a few miles away and will be here very soon.
See also: place, some


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But officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees highway and transit investments for Los Angeles County, said research from the 1990s showed typical commutes for county residents averaged 35 minutes.
Thousands of the units are in projects above or near subway and light-rail stations, easing car-free commutes for residents.
This different commuting pattern, according to Zax, suggests that racial residential segregation restricts Black suburbanization and contributes to longer commutes for Blacks who have to work in suburban Detroit.
 
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