How to Use road/ground clearance in a Sentence
road/ground clearance
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Out here, ground clearance is at least as important as glitz.
—Scott Burns, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
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With its extreme ground clearance, extreme power, and sheer size.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Its ground clearance and high seating position mark it as an SUV.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2023
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Their steeds were armed for off-road battle with 37-inch all-terrain tires, skid plates and 13-inch ground clearance.
—cleveland, 21 Jan. 2023
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With its 35-inch tires, extreme ground clearance, extreme power, and its sheer outrageous size.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Larger pulls make opening drawers with one hand easier, and 9-inch ground clearance allows wheelchairs to scoot by.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
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The effectiveness of these preparations will depend on the speed of airfield and road clearance once the weather improves.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
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Activating the off-road mode offers increases ground clearance when needed.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
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Thanks to the advanced suspension and gigantic tires the truck has a nearly 16-inch ground clearance sure to come in handy in any off-road rally.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 July 2024
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The package includes higher ground clearance, 33-inch tyres on 20-inch wheels, a roof basket, and a more durable underbody plate.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 4 Aug. 2023
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Highcountry says the trailer has just over 16 inches (41 cm) of ground clearance unloaded.
—New Atlas, 9 May 2025
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To plow through up to 32 inches of water in Extract mode by increasing ground clearance to 16 inches.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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This provides more ground clearance and continuously adjustable damping for the compression and rebound stages of the shock absorbers.
—Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 3 Sep. 2023
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Top Gear is alluding to the G-Wagon's legitimate off-roading chops thanks to its ground clearance and rugged build.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 9 May 2025
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Where the TrailSport stands apart is in its dirt-ready features, plus the TrailSport also has an inch more ground clearance than the other trims.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 19 June 2024
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Other stats include several suspension options, more than a foot of ground clearance, the ability to ford 3 feet of water and up to 35-inch tires.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
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Overland models have ground clearance that is better than most off-road vehicles, thanks to the trailer’s axle-less design using a Timbren suspension arm.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
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Adaptive air suspension is available on the Z71 and High Country models for greater ground clearance when needed.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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Hiking, Biking, Walking and dog-trailing, is just a few to say the least that Forester lovers have come to enjoy due to that boxy shape, along with moderate ground clearance.
—Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2025
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There’s also a custom suspension with Fox shocks and Eibach springs, while the center skid plate has also been swapped out for a tank tread system should ground clearance ever prove to be an issue.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2023
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The Forest Service recommends high-clearance vehicles, but as of this writing, the road was nicely graded and was doable in a car with six inches of ground clearance.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
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The Fury’s developers wisely emphasized mobility, and gave their ’bot big wheels, a low center of gravity and a high chassis with plenty of ground clearance.
—David Axe, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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The truck's high-clearance trail exhaust provides enhanced ground clearance and departure angles and the 33-inch tires deliver off-road traction in not-so-ideal conditions.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Depending on the driving mode, the Urus’s air springs adjust for ground clearance, with travel ranging from 15 mm to up to 75 mm when the lifting system is activated.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 24 Apr. 2024
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In total, the suspension can raise to allow for over nine inches of ground clearance—not quite as much as a Rivian, but better than a Tesla Model X’s highest setting.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
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With some truly impressive ground clearance, big 22-inch wheels, and a hatchback that can transform into an open cargo bed at the touch of a button, the Activesphere is described as Audi’s most versatile concept.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 26 Jan. 2023
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