Definition of minivan
: a small passenger van
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A 2014 Chrysler Town & Country minivan driven by a 41-year-old Wonder Lake woman was heading north on River Road and turning west on Charles J. Miller Road.
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And the satellite business has changed, with demand shifting toward small satellites going to low earth orbit, not the huge, minivan-sized satellites that used to be standard.
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Late last year, the company spun off the self-driving arm into its own entity, called Waymo, which this month began testing a driverless taxi service in Phoenix featuring minivans loaded with in-house technology.
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Bravo was standing on a sidewalk when the driver of a red minivan got out and fired three times, hitting him in the upper right back and left hip area about 12:50 p.m. that day, police said.
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His weekday routine during his first three years at Rio Americano High School entailed his mother, Seohyang, or his father, Inchul, loading the family’s minivan with Alex, his bike and golf bag.
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Guzman got out, ran toward an unmarked minivan with two plainclothes officers inside, and pointed a gun at one of them, police said.
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Surveillance video from the dramatic incident shows Smith getting out of her minivan to pump gas when a car pulls in front of it and someone jumps into her vehicle.
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Citroen upgraded its C8 minivan with a new diesel engine that can get 40 miles per gallon.
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1959
First Known Use of minivan
1959
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