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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While riding one might not be the flashiest way to get around, reducing our reliance on gas-guzzling cars is cool and important.Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2024
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People leaned on their car horns, expressing their joy at the end of a regime that relied on brutality and terror as a means of governing Syria for more than half a century and waged a civil war that forced millions of people to become refugees.John Ketchum, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
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Pogo sticks and gumballs and flares and fireworks and scooters and double-decker buses and cemeteries and country roads become putty in the director’s hands.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 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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Chandler had 1,000 residents by the time 1920 rolled around and the then-novel automobile became a big issue.Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 19 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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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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“Motor vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20vehicle. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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