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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An image showed Cardi B speaking to Diggs, who was behind the wheel of an SUV. Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 13 May 2025 The Honda had severe front-end damage consistent with having crashed into the SUV, the complaint says. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025 Prosecutors say that Read struck O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV sometime after midnight and left him to freeze and die on the front lawn of 34 Fairview Road in Canton. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025 Prosecutors say Read, 45, deliberately hit O’Keefe, 46, with her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage and left him for dead in January 2022. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for SUV

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First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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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 22 May. 2025.

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