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
Ferdinand Porsche first put them in a prototype horseless carriage in 1900.
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WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
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.
—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
Vermont actually passed a law that required a person to walk in front of a car, waving a red flag — presumably to warn any passersby to not get too close to the horseless carriage.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
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.
—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
Vermont actually passed a law that required a person to walk in front of a car, waving a red flag — presumably to warn any passersby to not get too close to the horseless carriage.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
See All Example Sentences for horseless carriage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horseless carriage
Noun
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About 18 vehicles, including a number of rare barn find cars, were auctioned from the collection.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Take Tesla, Elon Musk's car company last week delivered its first electric SUV, Model Y, from its showroom in Mumbai.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Housing Senate Bill 79 would require communities to approve more housing developments near train and bus stations in many counties across the state.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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There were kiddie pools in the yard and vintage VW buses in the driveway.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many leading automobile companies, like Tata Motors and Maruti Suzuki, have already declared price cuts, passing on the benefits of the tax cuts to customers.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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But consider our electric lights, our automobiles, our refrigerators and washing machines, our televisions, our computers and smartphones.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some BDCs are dividend machines, others are disasters.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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These machines from Volvo CE and Volvo Trucks are powering the world’s first fully electric deconstruction site in Erlangen, Germany, in collaboration with Siemens and Metzner Recycling.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Maybach’s steering wheel is massively proportioned, a big hoop, reminding of wheels in my 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s luxury cars.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Ride a Bike Enjoy the best of Grand Teton’s fall foliage on two wheels instead of four.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Horseless carriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horseless%20carriage. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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