sport utility vehicle
noun
variants
or sport-utility vehicle
or less commonly sport utility
or sport-utility
plural sport utility vehicles or sport-utility vehicles also sport utilities or sport-utilities
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : suv
called also sport-ute
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Early sport utility vehicles carried cargo and outdoor equipment.
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James Raia, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Cervantes’ vehicle was broadsided by a sport utility vehicle near 14th and S streets, according to police.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
The crash, which involved a sport utility vehicle, was reported at 6:09 p.m. on Brookburn Drive near Almondwood Way.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Surveillance video of the scene aired by CBS Sacramento showed a black sport utility vehicle driving on 16th Street at high speed against a red light and through the intersection with E Street.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2025
In 2013, a sport utility vehicle plowed into a crowd near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, killing two and injuring dozens; and in 2014, a group armed with long knives attacked people at a train station in the southwestern city of Kunming, killing 31.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The vehicle could be a car, minivan, van, sport utility vehicle, pickup truck or even a motorcycle.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Phillips shot Fischer to death after a brief sport utility vehicle chase.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
Cervantes’ vehicle was broadsided by a sport utility vehicle about 1:30 p.m. Monday near 14th and S streets, according to police.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
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James Raia, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Cervantes’ vehicle was broadsided by a sport utility vehicle near 14th and S streets, according to police.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
The crash, which involved a sport utility vehicle, was reported at 6:09 p.m. on Brookburn Drive near Almondwood Way.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Surveillance video of the scene aired by CBS Sacramento showed a black sport utility vehicle driving on 16th Street at high speed against a red light and through the intersection with E Street.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2025
In 2013, a sport utility vehicle plowed into a crowd near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, killing two and injuring dozens; and in 2014, a group armed with long knives attacked people at a train station in the southwestern city of Kunming, killing 31.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The vehicle could be a car, minivan, van, sport utility vehicle, pickup truck or even a motorcycle.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Phillips shot Fischer to death after a brief sport utility vehicle chase.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
Cervantes’ vehicle was broadsided by a sport utility vehicle about 1:30 p.m. Monday near 14th and S streets, according to police.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
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“Sport utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20utility%20vehicle. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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