school bus

noun

: a vehicle used for transporting children to or from school or on activities connected with school

Examples of school bus in a Sentence

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Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre remains in an Australian hospital following a crash with a school bus on March 24. Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025 Giuffre alluded to a crash with a school bus in her post. Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025 The Metals Company vehicle, which is about the size of a school bus, would crawl along the seabed, hoovering up nodules and sending them through a miles-long vertical tube to a ship waiting on the surface. Daniel Ackerman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025 The chaotic morning came less than three weeks after a full-size school bus crashed on the Garden State Parkway. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for school bus

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of school bus was in 1908

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“School bus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20bus. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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school bus

noun
: a vehicle for transporting children to and from school

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