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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
Mark Phelan, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Survey data gathered by AHRQ provides much of what is known about hospitalizations for motor accidents, measles, methamphetamine, and thousands of other medical issues.
—Arthur Allen, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
After lunch, Swell motored up Frederick Sound.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
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Noun
While batteries are heavy, an electric motor’s torque could offset that and retain ― maybe even enhance ― the TrailSport’s off-road credibility.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Survey data gathered by AHRQ provides much of what is known about hospitalizations for motor accidents, measles, methamphetamine, and thousands of other medical issues.
—Arthur Allen, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
There, cars took turns motoring them a few miles to the Nyack Lodge.
—Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
After lunch, Swell motored up Frederick Sound.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor
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Many economists expect Trump’s tariffs to hike costs and slow growth, since importers burdened by the tax are expected to raise prices for consumers, who may opt to curtail spending and ratchet down the main engine of U.S. economic activity.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2025
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More than 20,000 animal strikes, such as birds colliding with engines, were reported last year in the U.S.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors alleged Read hit O'Keefe with her car and left him outside the home of a fellow Boston police officer after the couple got into an argument.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Prep Your Vehicle Make sure your car is road-trip ready.—
Amplified Content Studio,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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The ketogenic diet might be an option for treating certain medical conditions, speeding up initial weight loss, and aiding blood glucose management.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
9 Apr. 2025
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Developers even get granular control over the budget to lower costs and speed things along where appropriate.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Ontario Home Builders’ Association warned last month that tariffs and counter-tariffs on steel and aluminum products would likely drive up the costs of construction materials, making building and buying new homes more expensive, worsening the housing affordability issue.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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Atlanta took advantage, with Trae Young driving for a layup to tie the score at 106 with 1.3 seconds remaining and force overtime.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2025
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What to look for in a quality Frigidaire dehumidifier Frigidaire dehumidifiers are quality machines.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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However, the percentage completed by humans assisted by technology is expected to rise to 33% from 30% as businesses improve collaboration between their humans, machines and algorithms.—
Daniel Saks,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Canada also announced 25% tariffs on certain automobiles exported from the U.S. that aren’t protected by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Similar in packaging to an IGH but different in execution, continuously variable hubs function like the transmission in a midrange automobile.—
Chris Cona,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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In the years since, the vehicles raced on tracks across the world have evolved.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Ambulances, firetrucks and patrol vehicles from multiple law enforcement agencies raced toward the campus that sits just west of Florida’s state capital after the university issued an active shooter alert midday Thursday, saying police were responding near the student union.—
Kate Payne and David Fischer,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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For Patients: Stay Informed: Research and understand which AI tools your healthcare providers are using.—
David Henkin,
Forbes,
4 Nov. 2024
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Right now, there exists very few software tools, mostly open source by the Google team, providing early software tooling that technology teams need to start modeling.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Motor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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