as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
the auto gave people a level of mobility that they had never known before
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Recent Examples of auto
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has recently published new draft mandatory appraisal rules for both personal auto and homeowner insurance in the state, which are open to the public until Monday, October 6.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Around that time, a front-page story in The New York Times detailed how Dundon and others had amassed wealth by packaging risky auto loans made to low-income people and selling those loans as securities for hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In Thunder Road, Jim Mitchum (who also was sometimes credited under the name James Mitchum) played an auto mechanic, leading to a real-life interest in stock car racing and working for a while on Elvis Presley’s hot rods.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Around that time, a front-page story in The New York Times detailed how Dundon and others had amassed wealth by packaging risky auto loans made to low-income people and selling those loans as securities for hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
To sign up for our autos newsletter.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In Thunder Road, Jim Mitchum (who also was sometimes credited under the name James Mitchum) played an auto mechanic, leading to a real-life interest in stock car racing and working for a while on Elvis Presley’s hot rods.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auto
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The family stayed several hours until the woman's husband could get a car close enough to pick up them up.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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At least two Jewish worshippers were killed and several others injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in the English city of Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism.—
Peter Wilkinson,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The local registration fee would be on top of Wisconsin's vehicle registration fee, currently $85 for automobiles.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Does Toco have a waiting period Most vehicle service contracts include a 30-day waiting period to ensure the automobile doesn't have any preexisting issues.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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Naoshima, one of Japan’s art islands and a cultural destination in its own right, also has several nice places to cool off; try Gotanji Bathing Beach, which is on the island’s shuttle-bus route.—
Kristin Braswell,
AFAR Media,
7 Oct. 2025
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Late public school buses and needing to take care of an occasionally sick child, along with at capacity or costly child care centers, contributed to her precarious employment.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Until recently, Academy, a public school that enrolls more than three hundred elementary-age students, had a single dishwashing machine that could handle one large sheet pan at a time.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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Breville, De’Longhi, Gaggia, and Nespresso are just a few of the major espresso machine brands that are already deeply discounted by as much as 40% off.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Auto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auto. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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