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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Prices went up in some key categories: Food, up 2.4%; shelter, up 4.7%; airline fares, up 4.7%; motor vehicle maintenance and repair, up 5.7%; motor vehicle insurance, up 12.7%.
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
Major contributors include aviation, utilities, and private motor vehicles.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The problems were unique in both character and intensity because the state then, as now, had more motor vehicles than any other state in the country, and California had already enacted new air pollution standards that were actually tougher than the ones in the federal law.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
Pagano was charged with first-degree robbery, larceny of a motor vehicle and sixth-degree larceny.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 Dec. 2024
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
Major contributors include aviation, utilities, and private motor vehicles.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The problems were unique in both character and intensity because the state then, as now, had more motor vehicles than any other state in the country, and California had already enacted new air pollution standards that were actually tougher than the ones in the federal law.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
Pagano was charged with first-degree robbery, larceny of a motor vehicle and sixth-degree larceny.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Motor vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20vehicle. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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