moving van
noun
US
: a large vehicle in which furniture and other things are moved from one home or building to another
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When the time came to transport him out of his home, Noga said Maxwell took up nearly every inch of the moving van, but that didn’t stop them from driving him to his vet checkup and eventually to his new home at an animal sanctuary in Michigan.
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Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Then Becka rushes over to greet the newbies with a maybe too-friendly (?) hug and kiss, and an offer of help — in the form of Danny — when Pete has some trouble taking an appliance out of the moving van.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Jan. 2025
The weapons were placed in a moving van and hauled away.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
With a moving van posted outside Donahoe’s downtown Portland condominium building, the jet climbed to a cruising altitude of 41,000 feet, landing in San Jose, California, less than 24 hours after Donahoe’s exit was announced.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 4 Oct. 2024
But the moving van was full and the homebuyer was willing to fork over some cash to buy that and an outdoor table from me.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 1 Aug. 2024
The Parisian-style coffee shop and bakery has closed at 225 N. Charles St. A sign outside the cafe bid adieu to customers Thursday, thanking them for their business, as people hauled tables and chairs through the front door and into a moving van parked on the street outside.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Casper doesn’t have the money to rent a truck or a moving van.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
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Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Then Becka rushes over to greet the newbies with a maybe too-friendly (?) hug and kiss, and an offer of help — in the form of Danny — when Pete has some trouble taking an appliance out of the moving van.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Jan. 2025
The weapons were placed in a moving van and hauled away.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
With a moving van posted outside Donahoe’s downtown Portland condominium building, the jet climbed to a cruising altitude of 41,000 feet, landing in San Jose, California, less than 24 hours after Donahoe’s exit was announced.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 4 Oct. 2024
But the moving van was full and the homebuyer was willing to fork over some cash to buy that and an outdoor table from me.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 1 Aug. 2024
The Parisian-style coffee shop and bakery has closed at 225 N. Charles St. A sign outside the cafe bid adieu to customers Thursday, thanking them for their business, as people hauled tables and chairs through the front door and into a moving van parked on the street outside.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Casper doesn’t have the money to rent a truck or a moving van.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Moving van.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moving%20van. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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