automobile

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noun

au·to·mo·bile ˌȯ-tə-mō-ˈbēl

ˈȯ-tə-mō-ˌbēl,

ˌȯ-tə-ˈmō-ˌbēl

Synonyms of automobile next

: a usually four-wheeled automotive vehicle designed for passenger transportation

automobile intransitive verb

automobilist

ˌȯ-tə-mō-ˈbē-list

ˌȯ-tə-ˈmō-ˌbē-list

noun

automobile

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Examples of automobile in a Sentence

Noun He drives an expensive automobile. browsed online for used automobiles for sale

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The automobile restoration business is on 3 acres of land at 18263 Harmon Road. —

Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 22 Sep. 2023 Similar studies suggest that polypropylene plastics — rigid materials often found in disposable containers, automobile parts and even face masks used to prevent the spread of coronavirus — damage the mitochondria inside cells, which also causes lung inflammation. —

Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023 When saving the life of young girl Kiki in an automobile accident, Michael begins to forgive himself for the death of his son. —

Caroline Brew, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023 Xinyi Glass is among the world’s largest glass and solar panel makers, and counts several international automobile corporations like Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen clients. —

Heather Chen, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023 All the while, the automobile industry and allied pressure groups waged a fierce campaign to give drivers unrivaled precedence on the roads. —

Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023 Russian automobiles have always been rather basic by Western standards, lacking automatic transmissions. —

Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2023 Recommended So after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians embraced automobile culture with great passion, including domestic models. —

Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2023 Each drink is one too many for the already beleaguered liver, that much more fuel for the automobile driver. —

Wilson M. Sims, Longreads, 7 Sep. 2023

Adjective

That included state income taxes ($130.7 million, or 15.1%, above estimates), non-automobile sales taxes ($80.7 million, or 8.5%, above estimates), auto sales taxes ($10.1 million, or 7.8%, above estimates) and commercial activity taxes ($2.4 million, or 23.1%, above estimates). —

Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2022 Bad news for the anti-automobile Ham & Eggers. —

Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020 Pre-19th-century houses tend to be built right up against busy main roads (for ease of access in pre-automobile times). —

Jenny Xie, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2022 The Transportation Committee, chaired by Kerry McCormack, has expanded its purview to examine regional transportation policies, and focus more on non-automobile forms of transportation, like rail, bicycles, e-bikes, and scooters. —

Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2022 America should learn from their pro-cycling, anti-automobile ways, not drag them down to our level! —

Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021 See More

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