as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
with the coming of the horseless carriage, distances between places were greatly reduced and the national landscape was transformed
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Recent Examples of horseless carriage
Within a decade, however, the horseless carriage had greatly reduced demand for horse clippers.
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Gregg Opelka, WSJ, 18 May 2022
Ford's 'horseless carriage' had two speeds — 10 and 20 miles per hour selected by twin drive belts.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2021
The horseless carriage made its debut in Washington in 1897.
—Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
Electricity has actually been competing with gasoline—and steam—to power automobiles since the very dawn of the horseless carriage.
—Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 27 May 2020
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Gregg Opelka, WSJ, 18 May 2022
Ford's 'horseless carriage' had two speeds — 10 and 20 miles per hour selected by twin drive belts.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2021
The horseless carriage made its debut in Washington in 1897.
—Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
Electricity has actually been competing with gasoline—and steam—to power automobiles since the very dawn of the horseless carriage.
—Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 27 May 2020
See all Example Sentences for horseless carriage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horseless carriage
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There was some disagreement over how forcefully the victim contacted Morrow’s car during the incident.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The death follows an Oct. 3 traffic fatality near the same intersection where a man died after he was struck by a bus in the area of Mission Boulevard and Warm Springs Boulevard.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Almora district officials reported to the scene and worked to rescue passengers from the overturned bus.Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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That may have been the beginning of automobile finance.David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Any business selling consumer goods, as well as the automobile sector and housing construction industry, are likely to feel some pressure related to fiscal policy uncertainty.Georgia Godfrey, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Over the past five weeks, rookie Devaughn Vele’s also been a conversion machine.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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The decrease is attributed to a reduction in the number of mining machines in operation.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Horseless carriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horseless%20carriage. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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