passenger car

noun

US
: a railroad car that carries passengers

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And with the average passenger car carrying between 12 and 16 gallons of fuel, according to online car-shopping guide Edmunds, costs can add up quickly per fill-up. Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 29 Apr. 2026 Garcia’s relative and his girlfriend, who are not charged in the incident, were in a silver passenger car. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026 Illustrations by Thomas Merceron Even glancing contact between a passenger car and a semi truck is often enough to send the smaller vehicle pinwheeling across the highway. Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 These two-inch-high CD players should fit into nearly any passenger car going back to the ’80s or earlier. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026 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 5 May. 2026.

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