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automobile

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verb

as in to drive
to travel by a motorized vehicle would rather automobile across the country than fly over it at 35,000 feet

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of automobile
Noun
This comes after China suspended exports of rare minerals that U.S. companies use for automobiles, semiconductors and other high-tech products. Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025 Japan's trade profile with the U.S. is concentrated in exports of automobiles and high-tech electronics, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025 The bridal party made a grand entrance into the park by automobile with a police escort and accompanied by two brass bands. Jeremy Drouin, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025 Like a vintage automobile that’s been kept in fine tune, this one hums like a V8, right from the turn of the key. Laura Ness, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for automobile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for automobile
Noun
  • In photos published by the Daily Mail, the pair are seen walking to the car together with Hadid dressed in a tan miniskirt, a white crop top, and a brown leather jacket.
    Glamour, Glamour, 4 May 2025
  • The driver crashed the car through the outer railing and onto a walkway where people were standing outside the departure area at Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s Terminal 1 just before 9 a.m., the Philippine Red Cross said in a statement.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
Verb
  • This multiyear partnership provides the time and platform to drive meaningful impact redefining the role of skin care in performance, recovery and well-being.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
  • The video showed several vehicles that drove around the minivan in the lanes on either side.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Nevertheless, hours later on April 18, they were loaded onto a bus bound for nearby Abilene Regional Airport, according to the American Civil Liberties Union and family members, before the bus was turned around and sent back to the detention center.
    USA Today, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • The Mexican government also organized fleets of buses intended to transport Mexican nationals from reception centers back to their hometowns.
    Danielle Wallace , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Those motoring to work in a Rolls-Royce aren’t being left out, either.
    Susan Campos, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The plot is motored by their deft, defiant mouths.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Beer-brewing equipment, including 12 tanks, two copper brewhouse kettles and a cooling machine, had to be brought up to the 33rd floor of Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower by crane, but for guests, the epic views over the Singapore skyline are worth it.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
  • One of Musk’s machines plays a minor role in Cronenberg’s latest picture, The Shrouds (out now), when the story’s antagonist, Guy Pearce, programs coordinates into a Tesla for it to self-drive protagonist Karsh (Vincent Cassel) to a mysterious location.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For Patients: Stay Informed: Research and understand which AI tools your healthcare providers are using.
    David Henkin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Right now, there exists very few software tools, mostly open source by the Google team, providing early software tooling that technology teams need to start modeling.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Automobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automobile. Accessed 9 May. 2025.

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