school bus
noun
: a vehicle used for transporting children to or from school or on activities connected with school
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This includes two new campuses, 45 new school buses, a district-wide facility for their 18 PLUSS special education program, and more.
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Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
The incident happened on Monday, April 20, and the student — who was not identified — was eventually found by a school bus driver.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
For many of us, peanut butter is a nostalgic food, transporting us back to peanut butter sandwiches in school cafeterias and character lunchboxes on school buses.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
Some forty of us and our teachers went by school bus forty-five miles to the Philadelphia Zoo.
—John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
The incident happened on Monday, April 20, and the student — who was not identified — was eventually found by a school bus driver.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
For many of us, peanut butter is a nostalgic food, transporting us back to peanut butter sandwiches in school cafeterias and character lunchboxes on school buses.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
Some forty of us and our teachers went by school bus forty-five miles to the Philadelphia Zoo.
—John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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“School bus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20bus. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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