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
There’s no argument that today’s cars, trucks, and SUVs are built and engineered far better than at any point since the days of the horseless carriage.
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Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 26 May 2022
Within a decade, however, the horseless carriage had greatly reduced demand for horse clippers.
—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
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Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 26 May 2022
Within a decade, however, the horseless carriage had greatly reduced demand for horse clippers.
—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
See all Example Sentences for horseless carriage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horseless carriage
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The damage will be felt for years to come both within China and in countries that relied on strong Chinese demand to export their cars, commodities, and services.Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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As the two men step outside and walk towards a car, the bomb detonates and the screen flashes white.Darya Tarasova, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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It's largely filmed in the darkness, through windows of apartments, buses and on train commutes to work, in pre-dawn and late-night darkness.Diaa Hadid, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
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The growth in automobile sales, airline and bus travel, subsidized highways, civil unrest in ’67 and ’68, and white flight to the suburbs all took a toll on national and local rail demand.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Chevrolet’s famed Tri-Five automobiles—built in 1955, 1956, and 1957—were models that established themselves as automotive heartthrobs in their time, and even more so over the course of ensuing decades.Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2024
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The discovery of electrons, aka electricity, was the major driving force of the second industrial revolution, leading to more efficient mass-production techniques in the form of assembly-line production and the rise of the steel, automobile, and telecommunications industries.Sarwant Singh, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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That was true for both participants who used a CPAP machine and those who do not.Juliana Kim, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
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The company has also built out its own pathogen lab, which includes PCR machines to test for infections in their bulk milk tanks (daily) and their cows (once a week).Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Horseless carriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horseless%20carriage. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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