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school bus
noun
: a vehicle used for transporting children to or from school or on activities connected with school
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The afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 21, a school bus dropped off the Hernando County student, who then began walking north alongside an unpaved and unmarked road in Brooksville, according to law enforcement.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Buffington said school officials and authorities learned a middle school student was in possession of an unloaded firearm while on a school bus.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Loading your audio article A now-former Florida police officer watching pornography on his cellphone slammed into another vehicle that had stopped for a school bus flashing its light.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
An asteroid the size of a school bus is heading towards our planet, zipping past us twice as close as our own moon today.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1908, in the meaning defined above
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“School bus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20bus. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
school bus
noun
: a vehicle for transporting children to and from school
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