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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Sure, the three-row SUV looks sportier than the Q7, but its look, both inside and out, is anything but memorable. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2025 The initial investigation determined that a 16-year-old boy from Fox Point was driving an SUV west on Pioneer Road before crossing the center line and striking the eastbound dump truck, driven by a 57-year-old man from the Town of Cedarburg. Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025 In addition to motorsports, the company is readying to debut and launch the new GV90 SUV. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 The unidentified motorist’s failure to put her car in park sent the SUV rolling into Pratt Pond next to the cemetery in Upton, police said. Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 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 6 Oct. 2025.

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