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Definition of automobilenext

automobile

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verb

as in to drive
to travel by a motorized vehicle would rather automobile across the country than fly over it at 35,000 feet

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of automobile
Noun
Becker has been investigating Kornak's handling of the finances of Rosalene Burd, a wealthy west Michigan woman who died in April 2025, at age 86, years after suffering a traumatic brain injury in an automobile accident. Paul Egan, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026 India’s sectors poised to gain from the deal include textiles, apparel, engineering goods, and leather, handicraft, footwear and marine products, while the EU’s gains will be in wine, automobiles, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, among others. Rajesh Roy, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026 India’s sectors poised to gain from the deal include textiles, apparel, engineering goods, leather, handicraft, footwear and marine products while the EU’s gains will be in wine, automobiles, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, among others. Rajesh Roy, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026 Approximately 43,881 automobiles form part of the recall, with the notice citing an issue with the HV battery, specifically within the battery cell modules. Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for automobile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for automobile
Noun
  • On Thursday afternoon, the elderly driver first hit a bicyclist, then continued for about a block before crashing her 2023 Mercedes Benz C class into the bakery section of the grocery store, trapping multiple people beneath her car, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The company is also trying to position itself at the center of emerging technologies like robots, quantum computers and self-driving cars.
    Rosa de Acosta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Violent confrontations targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota are being driven by outside actors exploiting chaos, not organic protest, according to a protest insider warning that the situation is rapidly spiraling.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The driver then drove into the city of Wheat Ridge and allegedly crashed into a Honda Pilot near Pierce Street and West 32nd Avenue several minutes later before continuing on.
    Austen Erblat, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday denied a report that claimed the organization told its players to stay inside their team hotel, take the team bus rather than walk to the stadium and carry their passports with them at all times.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Transit Equity Day recognizes Parks’ decision to refuse a Montgomery bus driver’s instructions to move to the back of the bus, which helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.
    Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But just months into walking away from his writing métier, Winslow discovered, somewhat to his surprise, the same creative urgings that long served to motor his craft.
    Fred Schruers, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Still Talking, her final book, will star the same wonderful characters motoring through their days on tides of chat.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Ben Evans, lead author of the study and a machine learning expert at the British Antarctic Survey, said the system finally fills that blind spot.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Management said that about 60% of 2025 capex went toward machine line servers, with the remaining 40% going to longer-duration assets, including data centers (including the physical building) and networking equipment.
    , CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • It is equipped with XT-4 tooling such as a full-length Agile Chassis Skeleton, Quicklace closure, and dual density EVA cushioning in the midsole.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Re-tooled with new signings, the defensive inadequacies and erratic finishing that had held the club back during his first campaign were eradicated.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

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“Automobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automobile. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.

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