passenger seat

noun

: the front seat of a vehicle (such as a car) where a passenger sits

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The service initially operated with human safety monitors in the passenger seat but began offering some fully driverless rides in January. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026 Esquivel, who was three-months pregnant with her second child, was sitting in the front passenger seat when the crash happened, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Rina Nakano, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026 Nelson, one of the shooting victims, who was in the passenger seat of the van, fired twice in self-defense before the truck drove away, according to the lawsuit filed by the family against the Police Department. Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026 Officers discovered the victim’s body in the front passenger seat, authorities said. Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for passenger seat

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“Passenger seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20seat. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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