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as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end
used organized protests as a vehicle for change
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as in transportation
something used to carry goods or passengers
bought a larger vehicle after they had a third baby
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Recent Examples of vehicle
Make your vehicle visible to others both ahead of you and behind you by using your low-beam headlights since this means your taillights will also be on.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
Broken down vehicle on the U. S. Highway 71 in Kansas City There is a broken down vehicle on the U. S. Highway 71 between US-71 South and I-435 South.
—Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2025
Nevertheless, users of the vehicles have complained on internet forums that the ads are popping up when their vehicles go to a stop.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
The company encountered issues with both of the vehicle's elements — its Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage — and called the launch off after holding the countdown clock at T-40 seconds.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
Broken down vehicle on the U. S. Highway 71 in Kansas City There is a broken down vehicle on the U. S. Highway 71 between US-71 South and I-435 South.
—Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2025
Nevertheless, users of the vehicles have complained on internet forums that the ads are popping up when their vehicles go to a stop.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
The company encountered issues with both of the vehicle's elements — its Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage — and called the launch off after holding the countdown clock at T-40 seconds.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicle
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Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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But the instrumentality of so many of his characters seems to have reached a nadir in The City and Its Uncertain Walls.—
Bailey Trela,
Vulture,
19 Nov. 2024
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The transportation of value and information with links to traditional rails needs tools to swiftly implement basic building blocks and stitch them together.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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However, as federal transportation funding declined during the Reagan administration, those hopes gradually faded.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
9 Mar. 2025
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On-chain assets are, ultimately, financial instruments and the ecosystem is long overdue for crypto-specific audit and attestation standards.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Each satellite carries a camera, which acts like a synchronized, single, virtual instrument with a largely uninterrupted view of the sun.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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Many have been attracted by weakness in the yen, which has made shopping, entertainment, transport and overnight stays cheaper.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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The factories don’t have to worry about power cuts and shortages, and the transport systems are good.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Mar. 2025
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Tipping agent The reason the market is in a tizzy is that the tariffs could be the agent that tips the economy from a modest slowdown into a recession.—
Bob Pisani,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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Many — if not most — of the people interested in buying burned lots have been developers, according to agents.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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On the services side, more than 40% of the decline came from a 1.4% decrease in margins for machinery and vehicle wholesaling.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2025
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Energy-efficient machinery and processes can lower costs and bolster brand reputation.—
Matthew Putman,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Additionally, accountability could weaken, with fewer mechanisms in place to ensure that schools adhere to national standards and civil rights protections.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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The ideal outcome would include features such as evasion from Windows Task Manager and mechanisms to conceal or encrypt the keylogging file, making detection more difficult.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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During cardiogenic shock, the heart stops pumping adequate blood supply to the organs.—
Rick Jervis,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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But without any special tweaks to those organs, the human body will immediately attack them.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vehicle. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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