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as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish
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Recent Examples of motor
Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Texas has this number of pieces of winter weather equipment, including snowplows, motor graders and brine tankers, Texas Department of Transportation spokesperson Adam Hammons said.
—Jeff Martin, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
The hope in Southern California is that someday soon, the two will motor the franchise to its first Super Bowl championship.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The right therapy can diminish the care kids will need later in life and can help some join the workforce who may otherwise not have had the motor skills to do so.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Texas has this number of pieces of winter weather equipment, including snowplows, motor graders and brine tankers, Texas Department of Transportation spokesperson Adam Hammons said.
—Jeff Martin, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
The hope is that the talks could clear rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies and allow the global economy to keep motoring.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
The hope in Southern California is that someday soon, the two will motor the franchise to its first Super Bowl championship.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor
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Without engine noise, passengers notice vibrations more easily.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Mopeds rev their engines and rush by the murals of Diego Maradona.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Many Chinese companies, such as electric car makers, have accelerated global expansion plans as domestic growth has slowed.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Just a few days earlier, as part of a large-scale ICE operation in Minneapolis, an agent had fatally shot Renee Good, a thirty‑seven‑year‑old American citizen, in her car.—
Edwidge Danticat,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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When officers decided to pull him over and arrest him, Larkin sped off on East 83rd Avenue.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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How has that changed as the production schedule has sped up and the content has also matured?—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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This launch represents a significant step toward turning robots into universal, upgradable machines capable of performing diverse tasks in homes and workplaces.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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The firm’s iconic yellow machines are deployed across several industries and regions, so its sales can signal either strong global industrial activity or slowing economic growth.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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The changes announced Monday were already in the works and came after an extensive review that included collaboration between owners, drivers, automobile manufacturers, tracks, broadcast partners and fans.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Jan. 2026
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Imagine how that respect must grow exponentially when going back a few decades further to the still-nascent days of motorsport, when automobiles were little more than powerful engines with frighteningly thin wheels attached.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Clippers raced to a 14-5 lead, but the Knicks answered with eight straight points and the game was close for the first three quarters.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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In Altadena, employees with the small local water utilities raced across town protecting and fixing the water systems firefighters relied on.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Spending a few minutes tooling around on ChatGPT-3’s website, and if not an oracle in silicon, the program is unequivocally able to produce writing at about the level of a B-freshman composition paper.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Kansas utilized its sales tax and revenue (STAR) bonds tool to lure the Chiefs across the state line 20 months after the four-time Super Bowl champions saw a ballot measure rejected in Jackson County.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Motor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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