school bus
noun
: a vehicle used for transporting children to or from school or on activities connected with school
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Another law passed in 2023 requires all new school buses purchased by schools to be electric by 2035, which the California School Boards Association has vocally opposed.
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Nearly every day, hundreds of thousands of Texas students board a school bus.
—Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
After 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished on his way to a school bus stop one morning in 1979, his parents, their friends and neighbors frantically scoured the gritty industrial streets and back alleys of Lower Manhattan for miles.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
When Chelsea beat Everett, they’d have parades in Chelsea Square, where people would be handing out turkey legs to kids on the team school bus.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Nearly every day, hundreds of thousands of Texas students board a school bus.
—Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
After 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished on his way to a school bus stop one morning in 1979, his parents, their friends and neighbors frantically scoured the gritty industrial streets and back alleys of Lower Manhattan for miles.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
When Chelsea beat Everett, they’d have parades in Chelsea Square, where people would be handing out turkey legs to kids on the team school bus.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
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“School bus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20bus. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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