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 area where the fire sparked — based on Cal Fire aerial photos — appears to be property used for an auto dismantler, on the 5200 block of Bonanza Auto Road, though the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025
But that’s just the start of this extraordinary offering that no auto obsessive should dare overlook.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
Similarly, when acquiring auto insurance, consumers must respond to a series of questions that span several minutes before obtaining a quote.
—Sandeep Shivam, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Felipe Munoz, senior analyst at auto market research firm JATO Dynamics, says that’s partly due to the wait for the Model Y.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025
But that’s just the start of this extraordinary offering that no auto obsessive should dare overlook.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
Similarly, when acquiring auto insurance, consumers must respond to a series of questions that span several minutes before obtaining a quote.
—Sandeep Shivam, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Felipe Munoz, senior analyst at auto market research firm JATO Dynamics, says that’s partly due to the wait for the Model Y.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auto
Noun
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Should a person rent a car, transponders are movable from one vehicle to another.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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On July 4, 1994, a car transporting Bosio’s two young children was rammed by a colectivo — the Buenos Aires public buses, often manned by notoriously aggressive drivers.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
Noun
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In Los Angeles, the boom translated to an influx of new workers who had moved west, seduced by the lure of movies as much as the location’s oil fields and automobile manufacturers, and the city saw its population double between 1920 and 1925.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Bertha, the wife of automobile inventor Karl Benz, made the first long-distance drive in history, back when the vehicle was still a prototype, and the roads were barely there, and such a voyage was a revolution.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Do not follow large vehicles closely - Large vehicles like trucks or buses can create a spray of water that can reduce your visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2025
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Seeing those posters all over the country now and on the sides of busses and stuff is crazy!—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
17 June 2025
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The way our system works is when a marked paper ballot is scanned in, the machine takes a photo of the front and back of the sheet and also creates an associated electronic file, the cast vote record, with all the relevant data from that ballot.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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Outside the norm for places that allow access to games, Otaku doesn’t require that guests pay a fee for tokens and none of the machines take quarters.—
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2025
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“Auto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auto. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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