as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
this old bus is still running—but barely
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Recent Examples of bus
Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
Bowen Yang then hobbles off a Greyhound to portray a twisted bus driver singing a Les Miserables parody.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2024
Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2024
Officials have added a second layer of security fencing to protect election offices, as well as concrete k-rails, which means election workers will be bused in from offsite locations due to reduced parking spaces.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Six shows and one big tour bus with the controversial face of a new generation of rap.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
Bowen Yang then hobbles off a Greyhound to portray a twisted bus driver singing a Les Miserables parody.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
Superintendent Marty Pollio said the district will prioritize restoring busing for students who qualify for free-or-reduced price lunch attending Male, Manual and Butler high schools, as well as all students at Johnson Traditional Middle, Coleridge-Taylor Montessori and Young Elementary.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2024
Officials have added a second layer of security fencing to protect election offices, as well as concrete k-rails, which means election workers will be bused in from offsite locations due to reduced parking spaces.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bus
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The car has 168,000 miles on it, and everything mechanical is original.David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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There was some disagreement over how forcefully the victim contacted Morrow’s car during the incident.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Some fans walked away from the stadium to grab an Uber or cab back to their hotels.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 25 May 2024
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Mansukhani, a designer in New York and a daughter of immigrants, said her uncle, Umesh Reghuram, wired money to cab drivers, vegetable peddlers and maids.Dr. Divya Chhabra, ABC News, 10 May 2021
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That may have been the beginning of automobile finance.David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Any business selling consumer goods, as well as the automobile sector and housing construction industry, are likely to feel some pressure related to fiscal policy uncertainty.Georgia Godfrey, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Although Kadyrov has denied sending Chechen troops to Ukraine, there have been numerous sightings of heavily armed Chechen battalions motoring through the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.Nicholas Waller, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2015
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Over the past five weeks, rookie Devaughn Vele’s also been a conversion machine.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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The decrease is attributed to a reduction in the number of mining machines in operation.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Del Rio had a 93-94 record in a 12-year NFL head coaching career that included stints with the Jaguars (2003-11) and Raiders (2015-17).Steve Megargee, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
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Assistant Mitch Johnson, who coached the team in its over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday, will fill in for Popovich in the interim.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Authorities said Kerr accelerated toward the deputy before riding away as the deputy chased him.Stepheny Price, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
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But last week, tens of thousands of Chinese university students followed a viral trend, riding bikes for more than five hours through the night to Kaifeng for the ancient capital's famous soup dumplings.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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If time in Homer allows, book a Kachemak Bay wildlife cruise to spot sea otters, seals, whales, and puffins before jetting back to Anchorage.Stephanie Vermillion, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
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Last week, the Lenzing Denim team jetted to Los Angeles to be part of the first-ever West Coast event held by Sourcing Journal and Rivet.Carved in Blue, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Bus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bus. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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