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as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish
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Recent Examples of motor
Reuters, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Assembly is best as a two-person job, but pretty much consists of clipping the arms to the seats and plugging in the motors.
—Zoë Sessums, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
Constance Ogle, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Both promise motoring with only water emitted from the vehicles' exhausts.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
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Noun
The line's two cars, each capable of carrying around 40 people, are attached to opposite ends of a haulage cable with traction provided by electric motors on the cars that counterbalance each other.
—Reuters, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Assembly is best as a two-person job, but pretty much consists of clipping the arms to the seats and plugging in the motors.
—Zoë Sessums, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
Anyone who wants to motor up on a boat or jetski, dock and enjoy a waterfront meal.
—Constance Ogle, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Both promise motoring with only water emitted from the vehicles' exhausts.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor
Noun
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Duggleby said Venus' current record stands at eight engine tests in a day, and 28 engine tests in a week.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Other clips depict engines roaring with huge crowds and fireworks being set off.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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
Verb
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Anduril highlights that the architecture also speeds software updates.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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The worst issue is that The Portal, with changes meant to speed up progression, allegedly, launched giving everyone less powerful drops, making the new power climb ridiculous.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Elsewhere, a strange new trend has started, seeing users stitch together clips of Jeremiah from various episodes into horror film-like videos, driving home the message that this is not just another cute, curly-haired college student but a malevolent Disney villain.—
Olivia Petter,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
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Discover the fascinating economics driving billion-dollar industries.—
thehustle.co,
thehustle.co,
16 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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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
Verb
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Thousands of residents were evacuated as the flames raced up the Santa Ana Mountains, cresting and driving straight toward the Lake Elsinore area, burning cabins in the Cleveland National Forest’s Holy Jim Canyon and then homes in the El Cariso Village neighborhood.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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With California poised to become the first state to formally regulate microplastics in consumer products, many brands and retailers are racing to evaluate their value chains in anticipation of significant operational shifts.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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Many employees may not be aware of the dangers associated with feeding GenAI tools sensitive data.—
Camellia Chan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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When the season ended, Payton and general manager George Paton could have re-tooled the personnel on defense or let a couple of key contributors go.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Motor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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