as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
browsed online for used automobiles for sale
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Recent Examples of automobile
Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Geely Automobile Holdings, which owns many automobile brands including Volvo Cars, is a majority stakeholder in Zeekr.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Detroit’s rise and fall Detroit was once the fourth-largest city in the country, home to America’s automobile industry.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Brothers André and Édouard Michelin founded their tire company in 1889 in central France with a bold vision for the future of the French automobile industry, at a time when there were fewer than 3,000 cars in the country.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Humanity has developed a lot of new technologies in the past 150 years—powered flight, automobiles, electric lights, radio, television, the telephone, motion pictures, and more.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Geely Automobile Holdings, which owns many automobile brands including Volvo Cars, is a majority stakeholder in Zeekr.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Detroit’s rise and fall Detroit was once the fourth-largest city in the country, home to America’s automobile industry.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Brothers André and Édouard Michelin founded their tire company in 1889 in central France with a bold vision for the future of the French automobile industry, at a time when there were fewer than 3,000 cars in the country.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for automobile
Noun
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But given that these trains lacked a dining car or trolley, what kinds of picnics did passengers carry?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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His car was later found abandoned, and authorities began searching the area.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The offer is available for dine-in and drive-thru only and is not valid through the McDonald’s app.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
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Timber, litter and understory vegetation are the main fuels driving the wildfire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The company was also working with Transport for London on a double-decker electric bus, but the agency has yet to place an order.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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Give ample space to large vehicles - Trucks or buses can create a water spray that diminishes visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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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
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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
Noun
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Another worker operates the machine’s main controller, using a programming scheme for 3D printers called G-code to tell the printer what to build and how to build it.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Either can cause buildup in both machines and on clothes.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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But Theobald tooled the Zephyrs’ block, pushing the Tigers over the line with a 25-22 set 4 win.—
Andrew Cornelius,
Twin Cities,
5 Nov. 2025
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In the 1960s, Jay Sebring made a giant leap from middle-class Michigan boy and Navy veteran to stylist to the stars, tooling around Hollywood in his Shelby Cobra convertible and jetting off to cut the hair of Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra and more.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Automobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automobile. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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