carpooled; carpooling; carpools
: to participate in a car pool
carpooler
noun
: an arrangement in which a group of people commute together by car
also
: the group entering into such an arrangement
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Commuters who regularly carpool to work can qualify for WeGo's Emergency Ride Home voucher service that provides free emergency rides home in certain cases.
—Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 4 June 2024
Hilary Achauer, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
People were urged to car pool, telecommute or use mass transit.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Related Stories: — 2 NASA missions will carpool on a SpaceX rocket this Friday to help map the cosmos
— NASA's launching a new sun mission this month: 'PUNCH is going to see a total solar eclipse'
— NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching this week.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Commuters who regularly carpool to work can qualify for WeGo's Emergency Ride Home voucher service that provides free emergency rides home in certain cases.
—Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 4 June 2024
Noun
But a late-afternoon meeting ran over, urgent emails kept popping up in your inbox and your kid’s car pool fell through.
—Hilary Achauer, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
People were urged to car pool, telecommute or use mass transit.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Carpool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carpool. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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