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as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end
used organized protests as a vehicle for change
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as in transportation
something used to carry goods or passengers
bought a larger vehicle after they had a third baby
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Recent Examples of vehicle
The motorist then put her vehicle into reverse, then into drive.
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Wcco Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The chief said his department didn’t know if the vehicle involved in the shooting had been weaponized against the agents.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
Breaking and entering a mot vehicle at nighttime for a felony.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
The action was in response to the killing of Renee Nicole Good, 37, who was shot while in her vehicle by an ICE agent conducting arrests in a residential area of Minneapolis.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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Wcco Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The chief said his department didn’t know if the vehicle involved in the shooting had been weaponized against the agents.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
Breaking and entering a mot vehicle at nighttime for a felony.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
The action was in response to the killing of Renee Nicole Good, 37, who was shot while in her vehicle by an ICE agent conducting arrests in a residential area of Minneapolis.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicle
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They are left wielding the tools of instrumentality: in-groups and cliques, buying effort through more money, coercive employment agreements and suits against whistleblowers.—
Dave Winsborough,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
9 July 2025
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The White Stadium project is moving forward without a comprehensive assessment of its environmental, transportation, and economic impacts — an absence that is not procedural but consequential.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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Even its parking garage advances the mission, offering EV charging stations to cut transportation emissions.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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His talent for pulling music out of phase, bending instruments to his will and inspiring the room into new realms really pushed Maren and me to summon fresh melodies and new stories out of our writing.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2026
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Given that large observatories need lots of power to run computers, instruments and support systems, all in a remote location, having solar panels allows the process to be more sustainable and harvest the resources already there in the area.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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While flat structures work well in many systems, one-dimensional forms offer advantages in applications that require fast transport or mechanical reinforcement.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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Alongside metabolism, the team also measured reproductive hormones and blood parameters linked to oxygen transport.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Being Different means standing apart - leading on innovation and setting trends.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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As part of the litigation, Snyder-Hill and his co-plaintiffs have sought to depose Wexner and recently won court approval to subpoena him through alternative means after his attorney refused to accept service and other efforts proved futile.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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At the time, Border Patrol agents were conducting enforcement operations in the area when civilians blew whistles and shouted, forcing authorities to tell the crowd to stay on the sidewalk in order to steer clear of law enforcement activity.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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After another pause, the agent in the black beanie raises his gun again, and five more shots are fired.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Traditional infrastructure behaved like machinery.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Its biggest imports are machinery, chemicals and fuels.—
Hugh Leask,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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Discoveries about the underlying technical mechanisms within LLMs are showing us more so how AI personas happen under-the-hood.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Transparency and press advocates say the statute threatens democratic oversight by creating a new legal mechanism that can shield information from public view, limit voters’ ability to scrutinize those in power and weaken the public’s right to know.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vehicle. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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