How to Use transportation in a Sentence

transportation

noun
  • She arranged for the transportation of her furniture to her new apartment.
  • Sometimes your best mode of transportation is a leap of faith.
    Brad Ogbonna, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2022
  • On Monday, less than one month from the first day of school, the board voted to change the district's transportation plan.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 18 July 2024
  • At that point, the man was arrested and held for transportation.
    John Benson, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2022
  • But, again, all these spots are well worth the workout, or at the very least, figuring out a plan B for transportation.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Driving is the deadliest of the common forms of transportation, and a leading cause of death for many age groups.
    Matt McFarland, CNN, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Trump 2024 flags hang in front yards, and bumper stickers are slapped on golf carts, the main mode of transportation in the community.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • Perhaps Santa's helper swapped the sleigh for a hot air balloon ride as his mode of transportation.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Harris has touted that very work and called EVs the future of transportation.
    Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
  • Ritu Narayan, Zum founder: Zum solves a student transportation problem that has not changed in 80 years.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune Asia, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Check out our picks for the best ski bags and ski roof racks to explore other gear transportation options.
    Katie Kommer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Residents will be free to move around the city and utilize other streets and modes of transportation.
    Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The answer to that worry is more DCFCs along major transportation routes.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Those in need of transportation to a warming center may board any city bus or van and use Code 32 for a free ride to the nearest center.
    Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • One of the things that propelled food prices upward was sharply higher transportation costs.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The storm severed transportation links between New York City and the upstate region.
    Kristin Chapman, New York Times, 10 July 2023
  • It is also equipped with handles that make transportation a breeze.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Then, transportation is always the biggest thing for us.
    Katie Herchenroeder, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2022
  • They’re made in the US, cutting down on transportation, and are also palm-oil free and vegan.
    Emily Algar, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
  • With demand for transportation high and time short, people even crammed into the trunks of taxis, their legs dangling over bumpers.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Its price tag of $1,155 might have been a wallop to Cunningham, whose preferred mode of a transportation was a Biria three-speed bike.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Cedar Rapids scored high in the housing, transportation, and health categories.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2024
  • The most powerful rocket in the world Musk believes the Super Heavy-Starship will open a new era in space transportation.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Mariscal starts making her way to the office via her preferred mode of transportation: walking.
    Jasmine Li, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The school had to provide transportation last year for up to a dozen students without stable housing.
    Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2023
  • There is no transportation option for my child or even letting my child take their Zoom class at the high school building and stay there all evening, those kinds of things.
    Harvard Business Review, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Migrants sign waivers that the transportation is free and voluntary.
    Elliot Spagat, ajc, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Each piece of the triad has a role: Coaches coach, swimmers swim and parents provide transportation, funds and hugs.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
  • For big furniture retailers, there is big waste in returns and the reverse logistics involved — from the costs to the transportation emissions.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024
  • That number doesn't include additional potential costs, such as luggage fees, transportation to and from the airport and the price of his tuxedo.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024

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