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 2025 Ford Explorer’s welcome new features add function to an already good midsize SUV. Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 Take Tesla, Elon Musk's car company last week delivered its first electric SUV, Model Y, from its showroom in Mumbai. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025 Customers can wrap the truck’s exterior paneling in a color or print of their choosing, as well as customize lighting and tires, and even convert the two-passenger flat bed truck into a 5-person SUV. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2025 Policy say Sellars was on his motorcycle waiting at a stop light in a southbound lane of Old Hickory Boulevard when a silver Mercedes SUV struck him from behind. Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for SUV

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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 12 Sep. 2025.

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