sport utility vehicle
noun
variants
or sport-utility vehicle
or less commonly sport utility
or sport-utility
plural sport utility vehicles or sport-utility vehicles also sport utilities or sport-utilities
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : suv
called also sport-ute
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Neue Klasse vehicles, cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs), will be new from the ground up and push forward exterior and interior design, and feature cutting-edge technology.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Initial reports indicated that the woman was struck in the roadway by a sport utility vehicle that may have been a light color.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
To qualify, vans, trucks and sport utility vehicles must have a list price of $80,000 or less; sedans can cost up to $55,000.
—Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The suspects arrived and left in a black sport utility vehicle.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
The Department of Energy has agreed to lend billions to carmakers like Rivian, which will receive $6 billion for a factory near Atlanta to produce electric sport utility vehicles.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Honda's premium arm is set to launch a new battery-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) this year.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
California Highway Patrol officials say a woman driving a Toyota sport utility vehicle north on Ione Road just south of Jackson Road stopped at the stop sign before turning left and into the path of a man driving a Buick Encore traveling west on Jackson Road approaching Ione Road.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
Now, the automaker appears to have righted its wrongs and is back in the midsize electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) game.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Initial reports indicated that the woman was struck in the roadway by a sport utility vehicle that may have been a light color.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
To qualify, vans, trucks and sport utility vehicles must have a list price of $80,000 or less; sedans can cost up to $55,000.
—Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The suspects arrived and left in a black sport utility vehicle.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
The Department of Energy has agreed to lend billions to carmakers like Rivian, which will receive $6 billion for a factory near Atlanta to produce electric sport utility vehicles.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Honda's premium arm is set to launch a new battery-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) this year.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
California Highway Patrol officials say a woman driving a Toyota sport utility vehicle north on Ione Road just south of Jackson Road stopped at the stop sign before turning left and into the path of a man driving a Buick Encore traveling west on Jackson Road approaching Ione Road.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
Now, the automaker appears to have righted its wrongs and is back in the midsize electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) game.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Sport utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20utility%20vehicle. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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