as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16
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Recent Examples of motor vehicle
Economists were little concerned that fewer consumers planned to purchase big ticket items like motor vehicles and refrigerators, noting the strong labor market optimism.
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Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Officers responded to the parking lot at Bertie’s Restaurant, located at 928 North Main St., around 7:49 p.m. on a report of a motor vehicle crash, police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Dec. 2024
Snow squall safety tips NWS offers the following snow squall warning safety tips:
Avoid or delay motor vehicle travel until the snow squall warning passes.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
Cars With Mexico the top source of US motor vehicle imports, European nations like Germany could tap into their own production capabilities, said Brad Setser, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Officers responded to the parking lot at Bertie’s Restaurant, located at 928 North Main St., around 7:49 p.m. on a report of a motor vehicle crash, police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Dec. 2024
Snow squall safety tips NWS offers the following snow squall warning safety tips:
Avoid or delay motor vehicle travel until the snow squall warning passes.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
Cars With Mexico the top source of US motor vehicle imports, European nations like Germany could tap into their own production capabilities, said Brad Setser, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor vehicle
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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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“Motor vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20vehicle. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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