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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Eventually King got into his sport utility vehicle, drove over a curb and directly into Smith, hitting his body head-on and dragging him into the street.
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Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2025
For a consumer to qualify for a clean vehicle credit, the manufacturer suggested retail price can't exceed $80,000 for vans, sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 17 July 2025
Footage of a man dragging his tumbling and helpless dog behind his sport utility vehicle through the streets of eastern San Diego County created such a fervor that the accused turned himself in, authorities recently announced.
—Andrew J. Campa
follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Prosecutors argued that the 45-year-old Read hit O'Keefe, 46, with her sport utility vehicle before driving away, but the defense maintained that he was killed inside the home and later dragged outside.
—Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Early sport utility vehicles carried cargo and outdoor equipment.
—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
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Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2025
For a consumer to qualify for a clean vehicle credit, the manufacturer suggested retail price can't exceed $80,000 for vans, sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 17 July 2025
Footage of a man dragging his tumbling and helpless dog behind his sport utility vehicle through the streets of eastern San Diego County created such a fervor that the accused turned himself in, authorities recently announced.
—Andrew J. Campa
follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Prosecutors argued that the 45-year-old Read hit O'Keefe, 46, with her sport utility vehicle before driving away, but the defense maintained that he was killed inside the home and later dragged outside.
—Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Early sport utility vehicles carried cargo and outdoor equipment.
—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
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“Sport utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20utility%20vehicle. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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