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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Now, the automaker appears to have righted its wrongs and is back in the midsize electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) game.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
While vehicles are bigger, with far fewer sedans on the road replaced by bigger sport utility vehicles (SUV), Klemens said the chances of a crash turning fatal or causing serious injury increase.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024
The three-row sport utility vehicle (SUV) now has a more upright look and squared off edges emulating the larger Telluride SUV.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Crossovers and sport utility vehicles have since inverted the automotive landscape, climbing to top-selling status while coupes and sedans appear to be headed the way of the VHS cassette.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
The three suspects used hammers to smash a glass display case and then grabbed several thousand dollars worth of jewelry before running from the mall to a waiting dark-colored sport utility vehicle that was toward the Main Street exit, police said.
—Lisa Backus, Connecticut Post, 21 Oct. 2024
But its square shape and high roof outguns all but the largest sport utility vehicles, offering over 100 cubic feet of interior volume behind the first row.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The agent fired their service weapon in the direction of the rifle, and a witness saw a man, later identified as Routh, fleeing the area of the tree line, entering a Nissan sport utility vehicle and leaving at a high rate of speed.
—NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Citing a shortage of a component used to build its electric pickups, sport utility vehicles and vans, Rivian said production could drop as much as 18% this year at its lone U.S. assembly plant.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
While vehicles are bigger, with far fewer sedans on the road replaced by bigger sport utility vehicles (SUV), Klemens said the chances of a crash turning fatal or causing serious injury increase.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024
The three-row sport utility vehicle (SUV) now has a more upright look and squared off edges emulating the larger Telluride SUV.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Crossovers and sport utility vehicles have since inverted the automotive landscape, climbing to top-selling status while coupes and sedans appear to be headed the way of the VHS cassette.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
The three suspects used hammers to smash a glass display case and then grabbed several thousand dollars worth of jewelry before running from the mall to a waiting dark-colored sport utility vehicle that was toward the Main Street exit, police said.
—Lisa Backus, Connecticut Post, 21 Oct. 2024
But its square shape and high roof outguns all but the largest sport utility vehicles, offering over 100 cubic feet of interior volume behind the first row.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The agent fired their service weapon in the direction of the rifle, and a witness saw a man, later identified as Routh, fleeing the area of the tree line, entering a Nissan sport utility vehicle and leaving at a high rate of speed.
—NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Citing a shortage of a component used to build its electric pickups, sport utility vehicles and vans, Rivian said production could drop as much as 18% this year at its lone U.S. assembly plant.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Sport utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20utility%20vehicle. Accessed 1 Jan. 2025.
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