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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 vehicle was reportedly seen at the scene of a commercial breaking and entering on Watertown Street in Newton on Friday night.
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Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 25 May 2025
Broken down vehicle on southbound I-435 in Kansas City
There is a broken down vehicle on I-435 from Front Street/Exit 57 to US-24/Winner Road/Exit 59.
—Kansas City Star, 25 May 2025
The silver vehicle then hit the 84-year-old woman, who was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
That's far from the only change the Japanese company is making to its only fully-electric vehicle for the U.S. market.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 15 May 2025
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Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 25 May 2025
Broken down vehicle on southbound I-435 in Kansas City
There is a broken down vehicle on I-435 from Front Street/Exit 57 to US-24/Winner Road/Exit 59.
—Kansas City Star, 25 May 2025
The silver vehicle then hit the 84-year-old woman, who was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
That's far from the only change the Japanese company is making to its only fully-electric vehicle for the U.S. market.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicle
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Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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Part of the focus is to keep students in their own district, rather than sending them by bus as much as an hour away for specialized programs for which tuition and transportation costs can reach as high as $200,000 per student, officials said.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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Mario Tama / Getty Images Company: Lyft Inc (LYFT) Lyft (LYFT) is a multimodal transportation network in the United States and Canada.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
31 May 2025
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The Time Has Come A stablecoin, a digital dollar, is an instrument whose time has come.—
Cleve Mesidor,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Each installment felt made by a director with a specific take on the material, and Cruise was their versatile instrument.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2025
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Other deals reportedly in the works include providing Starlink satellite internet services to companies in the Middle East and tunneling firm, the Boring Company, building a transport system underneath Dubai.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Directed by Chris Sanders (known for How to Train Your Dragon and Lilo & Stitch), the film, based on the books by Peter Brown, The Wild Robot follows a robot whose transport ship crashes in a tsunami, causing the robot to wash up on an island populated only by animals.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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My dad was a crime scene detective, my mom was an undercover narcotics agent, and my stepfather was an FBI agent.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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The agents, most of which are set to be available by the end of 2025, can perform a variety of tasks; one handles sourcing and procurement, while another creates and manages quotes and still another orchestrates stock and handles in-store inventory details.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
23 May 2025
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The work of running a port is a constant maintenance of channels, breakwaters, bridges, and the machinery of seagoing commerce.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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For the chemicals industry—so deeply embedded in the machinery of global trade—2025 is a reckoning.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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These measures would fortify the collective power and deterrence of the United States’ alliances far beyond what is possible under today’s informal mechanisms.—
ELY RATNER,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
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Aid is now beginning to be distributed under a contentious U.S.-Israeli mechanism.—
Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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The organs of civil society—Harvard, the Times, N.G.O.s—would also need to be destroyed.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Sconce also harvested organs and body parts for profit, pulled teeth to extract the gold from fillings, and was investigated for allegedly contracting a hit on a rival and poisoning another competitor who was trying to expose the crimes at the Lamb funeral home.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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“Vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vehicle. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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