all-terrain vehicle
noun
all-ter·rain vehicle
: a small motor vehicle with three or four wheels that is designed for use on various types of terrain
called also ATV
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Off-highway vehicles include all-terrain vehicles, recreational off-highway vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Every motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle rider in Arizona is required to wear protective eyewear, such as glasses, goggles or a transparent face shield, unless the motorcycle or ATV is equipped with a windshield, according to ARS 28-964.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This new model takes the Outlander series all-terrain vehicle into the realm of EVs.
—New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2025
Under the new strike team program, enforcement officers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife can take stronger measures, shooting at them with beanbags or rubber bullets and harassing them with drones and all-terrain vehicles, officials said.
—Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Every motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle rider in Arizona is required to wear protective eyewear, such as glasses, goggles or a transparent face shield, unless the motorcycle or ATV is equipped with a windshield, according to ARS 28-964.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This new model takes the Outlander series all-terrain vehicle into the realm of EVs.
—New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2025
Under the new strike team program, enforcement officers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife can take stronger measures, shooting at them with beanbags or rubber bullets and harassing them with drones and all-terrain vehicles, officials said.
—Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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“All-terrain vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-terrain%20vehicle. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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