passenger seat

noun

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

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Ali was sitting in the passenger seat, and officers found a Glock 10 mm semiautomatic firearm under the seat. Wcco Staff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 Hermosillo, who was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle to the left of Dousten’s at the intersection, sustained a single gunshot wound to her right eye, per police documents. Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026 So the interior has all kinds of cabinet space, including a shoe cupboard on the floor, a pair of overhead cabinets with drop-down doors that double as worktops, and a tall wardrobe in back with a split door that opens around the rear passenger seat back. New Atlas, 16 Apr. 2026 Later that night, Orta, who witnessed the shooting from the passenger seat, was taken into questioning. Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 Apr. 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 19 Apr. 2026.

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