plural SUVs
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : sport utility vehicle

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The sedan, which underwent its most recent redesign in 2018, starts at approximately $180,000, while the SUV begins around $170,000. Dave Smith, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025 Boasting a 5-seater, mid-size luxury SUV, the Q5 is appealing, comfortable and sporty. Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025 Behind Sarnow and Common Council members, employees used equipment to lift a wrecked SUV with its left front side smashed in, a somber reminder of the devastation caused by reckless driving. Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025 Video surveillance of the incident shows Bass-Moody then retrieving a frying pan and striking the window of a black Lexus SUV. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for SUV

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First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of SUV was in 1986

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“SUV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SUV. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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