as in automobile
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
every teenager's dream of getting a driver's license and a first car
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Recent Examples of car
Plus, relying upon the largesse of car companies is usually a fool's errand, as F1 history shows over and over again.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
Officials tied at least four deadly car crashes to the snowstorm this week, including a major pile-up in North Carolina and several collisions in Nebraska and Tennessee.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
My husband, however, grew up in a very different reality—an affluent town where many of his friends were driving cars that cost as much as our house.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 21 Feb. 2025
Officers in one of the cars opened up the moonroof and shot it with an electromagnetic gun, disabling it.
—Alex Isenstadt, Axios, 9 Feb. 2025
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
Officials tied at least four deadly car crashes to the snowstorm this week, including a major pile-up in North Carolina and several collisions in Nebraska and Tennessee.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
My husband, however, grew up in a very different reality—an affluent town where many of his friends were driving cars that cost as much as our house.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 21 Feb. 2025
Officers in one of the cars opened up the moonroof and shot it with an electromagnetic gun, disabling it.
—Alex Isenstadt, Axios, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for car
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Meanwhile, investors are mulling over Trump’s most recent tariff suggestions, which include implementing a 25% duty on automobiles, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors.—
Brian Evans,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2025
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Now that includes automobiles, too, with the collector market having grown to become a multi-billion dollar industry—live and online auctions brought in $3.56 billion in the U.S. alone last year, according to Hagerty.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2025
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Principals, bus drivers, food service workers and any other school staff are also eligible.—
Madeline Mitchell,
The Enquirer,
16 Feb. 2025
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When transporting plants home, the car, bus or train should be warm before putting the plants in it, especially if outdoor temperatures are below freezing.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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While clubs like Arsenal and Chelsea had sparkled for a couple of seasons here and there, United had been a league-winning machine, hoovering up enough titles to overtake Liverpool’s championship record and lifting two European Cups along the way.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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To fund his war machine, Putin has been throwing the living room furniture into the furnace, cannibalizing productive sectors and relying on unsustainable, record deficit spending.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian,
TIME,
26 Feb. 2025
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Regular auto traffic — what there was of it in 1915 — rolled cautiously across the tracks when the coast was clear.—
Eric Duvall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Relay also automates cash management with features like auto-transfer rules and provides a Visa credit card with 1.5% cash back.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Car.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/car. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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