as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines

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Recent Examples of motorcade Carter and his family then travel to Plains by motorcade. Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2025 The family and President Carter's remains will then travel by motorcade to the U.S. Navy Memorial. Caroline Linton, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025 The motorcade then paused in front of Carter's boyhood home, and the National Park Service paid tribute to him by ringing the historic farm bell 39 times. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025 Zoom in: Expect road closures Monday, especially on Interstate 10 while the presidential motorcade is traveling. Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for motorcade 
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Noun
  • These days, Sarvis has a fleet of 45 trucks, engines, water tenders, and brush-clearing equipment.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Since the outbreak of the war with Ukraine, Russia has been subject to the imposition of sanctions from numerous Western countries, with many coming from the U.S. Sanctions targeting on Moscow's shadow fleet, a direct hit to the country's energy sector, were imposed on January 10.
    John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • After more than two hours of negotiation inside the presidential residence between Yoon's representatives and law enforcement, a presidential convoy left the compound.
    Se Eun Gong, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Yoon left his residence in a convoy and was taken to the offices of the Corruption Investigation Office.
    Beth Greenfield, Fortune Asia, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • For the certification, Senate pages carried the Electoral College ballot boxes through the rotunda like caskets in a funeral procession.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
  • That morning, the French king made his last procession to the Place de la Révolution.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • As Goodwood Revival is still a few months away, Volkswagen Type 2 Split Screen owners are invited to share information about their vehicle for a chance to be featured in the opening parade.
    Trinity Francis, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The next year, Sargent and co-star Montgomery served as grand marshals of the Los Angeles Gay Pride parade, the Los Angeles Times shared.
    Justine Fisher, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcade. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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