passenger car

noun

US
: a railroad car that carries passengers

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The footage shows a white passenger car surrounded by two vehicles on a street. Laura Strickler, NBC news, 13 June 2025 Just prior to hitting the ground, the plane skimmed the top of the roof of a passenger car. Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025 First offered in a passenger car by Mercedes-Benz back in 1974, the five-cylinder engine has always been a bit of an automotive oddball. Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025 Crumb rubber is at most 0.25 inches, and a single passenger car tire can produce some 10 to 12 pounds of the product. Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for passenger car

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“Passenger car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20car. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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