Definition of motorcade
:a procession of motor vehicles
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Examples of motorcade in a Sentence
the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines
Recent Examples of motorcade from the Web
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Highways are temporarily closed off for motorcades.
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Pool reporters covering Trump noted that his and Putin's motorcades were among the last to leave the event, departing within minutes of each other just before midnight.
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Trump lingered for more than an hour after the dinner was scheduled to conclude and departed the dinner venue about four minutes after Putin’s motorcade.
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Trump emerged from a Marriott in Warsaw on Thursday a little after 9:15 a.m., his sprawling motorcade of flag-flapping black sedans, police escorts and shuttle buses riding along the Vistula River to a back entrance to the presidential palace.
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Abbas entered the stadium cautiously, safe inside his motorcade.
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More: New Kentucky Lottery CEO wants to increase ticket sales, raise state revenue More: Founder of annual MLK motorcade, George L. Burney Sr.
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The event took place at his own hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, a brief motorcade-ride away from the White House.
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Illinois State Police said his motorcade may have caused a temporary traffic holdup but that the roads were clear as of 2:30 p.m. Chicago Tribune's Marwa Eltagouri contributed.
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First Known Use of motorcade
1910
MOTORCADE Defined for English Language Learners
motorcade
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Definition of motorcade for English Language Learners
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: a group or line of cars or other vehicles that travel together
MOTORCADE Defined for Kids
motorcade
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mo·tor·cade
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Definition of motorcade for Students
:a line of motor vehicles traveling as a group
- a presidential motorcade
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