plural SUVs
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : sport utility vehicle

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The luxury and premium family SUV market is competitive, with Acura and Cadillac encroaching on true luxury territory and technology beginning to serve as a greater differentiator than price though the two often correlate. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024 The company also announced a partnership with Hyundai in October to integrate the automaker’s Ioniq 5 SUV into Waymo’s fleet of vehicles. Lora Kolodny,jennifer Elias, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024 Advertisement Video of the crash obtained by ABC 7 showed a white Nissan Rogue SUV run the red light, causing a side impact collision, or T-bone, with a blue BMW belonging to the victim. Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024 Mangione appeared in a Blair County courtroom Thursday, waived his right to an extradition hearing and was immediately swept back to New York via plane, helicopter and SUV for his federal arraignment hours later. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for SUV 

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of SUV was in 1986

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“SUV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SUV. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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