passenger seat

noun

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

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The husband climbed out and walked around the rear of the car and opened the door, to which the dog instantly responded by jumping back into the passenger seat. — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026 Police also said there were two bottles of vodka on the passenger seat of the SUV. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 As the old roadster comes to life on a narrow hillside road, the cacophony of the 12-cylinder engine only amplifies my sense of exposure and vulnerability—and that’s just from the passenger seat. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2026 There, the man in the passenger seat, a landscaper named Victor Ramirez Hernandez, tried to hurry inside. — Francesca D’annunzio, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 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 5 Nov. 2026.

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