as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
browsed online for used automobiles for sale
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Recent Examples of automobile
Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
Kelvin Evans pleaded guilty in Fulton County Superior Court on Tuesday to entering an automobile and criminal trespass.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Like a vibrantly hued snake darting down the narrow branch of a tree, the collective of high-performance automobiles rapidly navigates the narrow, serpentine artery along the Northeastern Italian coast, a quicksilver-like tracing of the border between Il Bel Paese and Slovenia.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 May 2026
Wilshire believed that automobiles were the future.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
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Noun
Kelvin Evans received a five-year sentence, with two years to be served in prison and the remainder on probation, after changing his plea to guilty on charges of criminal trespass and entering an automobile.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
Kelvin Evans pleaded guilty in Fulton County Superior Court on Tuesday to entering an automobile and criminal trespass.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Like a vibrantly hued snake darting down the narrow branch of a tree, the collective of high-performance automobiles rapidly navigates the narrow, serpentine artery along the Northeastern Italian coast, a quicksilver-like tracing of the border between Il Bel Paese and Slovenia.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 May 2026
Wilshire believed that automobiles were the future.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for automobile
Noun
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The car was driving at a low speed and the student wasn't hurt.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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For example, even the rarest piece in your closet is first experienced by your car, or your backyard, or the courtyard of a county museum.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
Verb
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For instance, researchers found that rapid urbanization and electrification across Asia drove brightening in cities from China to India to Sub-Saharan Africa.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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The novel starts out on a highway, in a car that’s driving too fast.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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Passengers were taken from the ship to shore in small boats and transported to Tenerife airport in military buses, without coming into contact with the public, according to Reuters.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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The house is a few minutes drive to Gulf Beach, on a bus line, within walking distance of a supermarket, Starbuck’s, and fast food.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Mullins, Walls, Jonny DeLuca, Ben Williamson and, of course, Chandler Simpson, can motor.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Over the Moon motored from Homewood Marina, a docking facility on the lake’s west shore below the ski hill of the same name, cruising south across a then calm lake to picturesque Emerald Bay.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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The actress continued to argue there are limits to what machines can replicate.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Yet masculinism also functions as a perpetual-motion machine of grievance, an inarticulate howl of anguish at the status quo—whatever that currently is.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Claude for Small Business is available without an additional product fee beyond Claude token and subscription fees and the partner tools a business already pays for.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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Liccardo asked Atkins whether the SEC has opened an investigation into the trades, and what tools the SEC has to investigate them.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Automobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automobile. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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