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
Examples of sport utility vehicle in a Sentence
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Li Auto on Monday announced price cuts of about 6-7% across its lineup, with the L7 five-seat sport utility vehicle now starting from 301,800 yuan ($41,700).
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Peter Vercoe, Fortune Asia, 22 Apr. 2024
The rear of a white sport utility vehicle could be seen inside the massage business through a broken glass doorway.
—Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 6 Apr. 2024
Grossman is accused of driving her sport utility vehicle at more than 70 mph into two young brothers, Mark and Jacob Iskander, in a Westlake Village crosswalk.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
Eight days after he was released in December from a stretch in federal custody on a robbery conviction, a man drove from Houston to Arlington, robbed a stranger and ran her over with a rental sport utility vehicle, killing her in a parking lot, police allege.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Feb. 2024
The first was fueled by the Model 3 sedan and Model Y sport utility vehicle, and the next is expected from the launch of a cheaper next-generation vehicle slated to start production late next year.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Two sport utility vehicles were barreling toward them.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
Those passing took an interest, with drivers of luxury sport utility vehicles slowing down to take photos of the scrum.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Officers obtained a good description of the suspect’s sport utility vehicle, a 2001 Infiniti QX4, and found it on Pioneer Parkway around 9:20 p.m.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2024
Peter Vercoe, Fortune Asia, 22 Apr. 2024
The rear of a white sport utility vehicle could be seen inside the massage business through a broken glass doorway.
—Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 6 Apr. 2024
Grossman is accused of driving her sport utility vehicle at more than 70 mph into two young brothers, Mark and Jacob Iskander, in a Westlake Village crosswalk.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
Eight days after he was released in December from a stretch in federal custody on a robbery conviction, a man drove from Houston to Arlington, robbed a stranger and ran her over with a rental sport utility vehicle, killing her in a parking lot, police allege.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Feb. 2024
The first was fueled by the Model 3 sedan and Model Y sport utility vehicle, and the next is expected from the launch of a cheaper next-generation vehicle slated to start production late next year.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Two sport utility vehicles were barreling toward them.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
Those passing took an interest, with drivers of luxury sport utility vehicles slowing down to take photos of the scrum.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Officers obtained a good description of the suspect’s sport utility vehicle, a 2001 Infiniti QX4, and found it on Pioneer Parkway around 9:20 p.m.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2024
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