school bus

noun

: a vehicle used for transporting children to or from school or on activities connected with school

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The review is responsive to a fatal school bus crash that occurred April 28 in Hyde Park and killed 5-year-old kindergartener Lens Arthur Joseph. Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 23 May 2025 At least six people, including four schoolchildren, were killed when a bomb hit a school bus in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan Province on Wednesday morning, officials said, the latest outbreak of violence in a region plagued by separatist insurgency and militancy. Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 21 May 2025 The crash comes less than one month after a student was killed, and five others were critically injured in a South Carolina school bus crash. Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025 The individual then drove the SUV to their mother’s home, near a school bus stop, and called 911 after experiencing symptoms of mercury exposure, according to the indictment. Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for school bus

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of school bus was in 1908

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“School bus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20bus. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.

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school bus

noun
: a vehicle for transporting children to and from school

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