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as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end
used organized protests as a vehicle for change
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as in transportation
something used to carry goods or passengers
bought a larger vehicle after they had a third baby
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Recent Examples of vehicle
Driving through deep water can also affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.
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Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2026
Valdir sat on a vehicle with Gisele and her twin sister, Patricia Bündchen, as well as their other siblings.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
Responsible disposal of smoking materials: Prudently discard cigarette butts and avoid flinging cigarettes or matches from a moving vehicle.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
The purpose of any heat shield is to be sure the extreme temperatures that objects hitting Earth’s atmosphere experience don’t harm the crew or cargo inside the vehicle.
—Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
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Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2026
Valdir sat on a vehicle with Gisele and her twin sister, Patricia Bündchen, as well as their other siblings.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
Responsible disposal of smoking materials: Prudently discard cigarette butts and avoid flinging cigarettes or matches from a moving vehicle.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
The purpose of any heat shield is to be sure the extreme temperatures that objects hitting Earth’s atmosphere experience don’t harm the crew or cargo inside the vehicle.
—Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicle
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Issued by the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, a state instrumentality created under the Wyoming Stable Token Act (2023), FRNT is fully reserved and managed in partnership with Franklin Templeton.—
Jason Brett,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
9 July 2025
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Blackouts have lasted up to 20 hours a day and have restricted access to health services, transportation and education.—
Andrea Rodríguez,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Barricades erected on key roads have effectively isolated the city of La Paz, triggering fuel and food shortages, paralyzing transportation and preventing patients from reaching hospitals — causing at least seven deaths for lack of medical attention, the government says.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 June 2026
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The company’s instruments are useful to astronomers and are often found in remote observatories like Starfront.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
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Some countries have moved to ban or block certain markets entirely, and in the United States, the rapid growth of event contracts has sparked an ongoing fight between federal regulators and state authorities over whether these products are closer to financial instruments or unlicensed gambling.—
Camila Grigera Naón,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
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Nourse said safety tags are used to mark an animal that may be set for euthanasia so a nonprofit has time to line up transport, a foster, or an adopter.—
Nina Burns,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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The rail sections of Spectacular South Signature are spent in the top-tier Scenic Plus class, but note that more time is spent on other forms of transport, including a private-coach road trip down the South Island’s wild, train-less West Coast.—
Steve Madgwick,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
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But that may also make Iranian oil less attractive to China, which has been buying it at a discount because Iran under sanctions has few other means to sell.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
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None of these senior members of this genocidal regime are good guys, by any means.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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Matt Chapman signed his extension before Posey took over, but his first big move was bringing in free-agent shortstop Willy Adames.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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To fix this, the team altered the fabrication process and introduced an in situ crosslinking agent directly into the polymer film during its formation.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
18 June 2026
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Did that feel like a way to reconnect with music, and with people, without the whole Daft Punk machinery around it?—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
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These configurations allow the machinery to mimic the operation of Pressurized Water Reactors, which currently make up the majority of international nuclear plants.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 June 2026
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Using a mechanism known as attention, transformers compare every token in a sequence to every other token in that sequence.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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The combination of heat and humidity can be dangerous for humans, because humidity impacts how sweat evaporates, and that’s a cooling mechanism.—
Alexa St. John,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
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“Vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vehicle. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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