How to Use chassis in a Sentence

chassis

noun
  • The i3 broke ground with its lightweight carbon-fiber body and aluminum chassis.
    New York Times, 10 Aug. 2021
  • There is no one in the whole country, with the possible exception of Karl Kinser, who is that sharp on chassis and engines.
    Allen M. Lloyd, baltimoresun.com, 22 July 2021
  • Like the smaller Vantage, its chassis exudes a calm yet resolute sense of poise that encourages you to test its limits and simply have fun.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Among the driver-centric features is the rear-steering assist, chassis linkages that can turn the rear wheels up to 10% in either direction.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 23 July 2021
  • In the future, the researchers aim to build another color changing icon in the animal kingdom with a squirming chassis to match: an octopus.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2021
  • When the system works as designed, containers are lifted from arriving trains and placed directly onto a wheeled chassis, which is then hauled away by a local driver.
    Washington Post, 26 July 2021
  • Hladky watched as a two-hundred-and-ninety-foot crane lifted the visiting celebrity’s shipping container onto a waiting truck chassis.
    Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • In the film, Tyler says the truck has extra weight on the chassis.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 July 2024
  • The goal was to have the boss see what the chassis team could accomplish.
    Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The watch measures 41mm and the chassis is made from stainless steel.
    Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Rear trailing arms connect the rear axle to the chassis.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Jason Praschak said the Bearcat is built on a Ford F-350 chassis.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • At a spot called the wedding station, the chassis comes up from the basement and is screwed to the body.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • From the iMac, the laptop may get white bezels and a chassis that could come in a range of colors.
    Christian De Looper, BGR, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The steering is willing and pairs to a chassis that cuts a steady arc through turns.
    Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2023
  • This all comes in a durable and stylish all-aluminum chassis.
    K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 16 May 2024
  • The Fanuc placed the battery on the truck’s chassis, and the skillet floated farther down the line.
    John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Maybe there just wasn’t enough room inside the One chassis though.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The backup car has a 2-year-old Dallara chassis, which has made its way around the league.
    Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2023
  • Trombley has nearly a week’s worth of truck chassis on the dock.
    David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2021
  • That way, the drivers can drop off the old containers and reuse the chassis to pick up the new ones.
    John Francis Peters, ProPublica, 16 June 2022
  • The engine is enlarged to 5.4 L and set lower down and further back in the chassis.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2024
  • On both, a sparse loft of polyester fibers is held together by a mesh chassis.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2023
  • To display the American flag on a car, the staff should be attached to the chassis or the right fender.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The nice chassis makes the screen look all the more grainy, and with Copilot taking up a good chunk of the right side of the screen, the interface has a cramped feel.
    Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023
  • There's a lot going on under the hood – and under the chassis – to make that happen.
    New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2024
  • While the booth was all about the future, this is one of the most basic vehicle types around: a chassis cab truck.
    Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The clamshell uses an aluminum chassis and 1080p screen.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2021
  • The usual mix of heat pipes and graphite radiators are in the chassis, as well as a fan to help air flow.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • And that weight was minimal—less than 1,600 pounds—thanks to a fiberglass body over a steel-backbone chassis.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024

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