motor vehicle
noun
: an automotive vehicle not operated on rails
especially
: one with rubber tires for use on highways
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Examples of motor vehicle in a Sentence
You can register your car at the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16
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The multiuse lane on the westbound shoulder of the bridge would be opened to motor vehicles Monday through Thursday during the morning.
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Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
That was the goal when Colorado Department of Transportation officials banned commercial motor vehicles and all trailers from most highways and interstates Friday night and Saturday morning, agency officials said in a news release.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2024
With millions of people visiting Yosemite National Park each year, the leading causes of unintentional deaths in national parks are motor vehicle crashes, drownings and falls, according to the National Park Service's mortality data from 2014 through 2019.
—Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2024
The motor vehicle theft rate – nearly 319 per 100,000 people – was the highest last year since 2007.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
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Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
That was the goal when Colorado Department of Transportation officials banned commercial motor vehicles and all trailers from most highways and interstates Friday night and Saturday morning, agency officials said in a news release.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2024
With millions of people visiting Yosemite National Park each year, the leading causes of unintentional deaths in national parks are motor vehicle crashes, drownings and falls, according to the National Park Service's mortality data from 2014 through 2019.
—Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2024
The motor vehicle theft rate – nearly 319 per 100,000 people – was the highest last year since 2007.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Motor vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20vehicle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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