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
Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2026
Reddick is the first driver to win five of the first nine automobile races in a season since someone named Dale Earnhardt did it back in 1987.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
The Barrett-Jackson collector car auction returned to the South Florida Fairgrounds this week, showcasing an impressive range of rare automobile craftsmanship.
—Carline Jean, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
Durant’s belief that America would one day require as many as 1 million automobiles per year fueled the extraordinary acquisition spate.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The rise of the automobile and the growth of jobs and entertainment options in cities made people nervous that the next generation of rural youth wouldn’t stick around to do the agricultural work the nation required.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2026
Reddick is the first driver to win five of the first nine automobile races in a season since someone named Dale Earnhardt did it back in 1987.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
The Barrett-Jackson collector car auction returned to the South Florida Fairgrounds this week, showcasing an impressive range of rare automobile craftsmanship.
—Carline Jean, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
Durant’s belief that America would one day require as many as 1 million automobiles per year fueled the extraordinary acquisition spate.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for automobile
Noun
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The framing captures the intensity of the city but also its evasiveness—these cars are neither here nor there but on their way somewhere else, underscoring Hong Kong’s historical identity as a transit hub, an entrepôt, a place intended for people to pass through, not to stay in.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Plus, earn 5% total cash back on hotel, car rentals and attractions booked with Citi Travel.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
Verb
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Daniel Schneemann then drove the next pitch just over the left-centerfield field wall for a two-run homer.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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As Sousa-Martins drove forward, another agent shot at him 13 times, injuring Sousa-Martins as well as Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, a passenger in one of the ICE vehicles who was already in federal custody.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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In school bus surveillance video provided to ABC News by the Hancock County School District, five Hancock Middle School students can be seen working as a team to stop the bus and assist Taylor.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Skogsbakken said the funding will be used to make sure Pace’s bus shields comply with specs dictated by the new transit legislation, which include requirements that shields stretch from floor to ceiling.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Rahm motored along, and so did his Legion XIII team, which won for the first time this year.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Route 66 Car Museum takes you on a century-long trip through automotive history; its collection of more than 75 classic cars includes the kind of models that motored down the Mother Road in its heyday.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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But the most beautiful machine is and always will be the human body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Many exploits exploiting race conditions and memory corruption flaws don’t consistently succeed across kernel versions or distributions, and sometimes even on the same machine.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Liccardo asked Atkins whether the SEC has opened an investigation into the trades, and what tools the SEC has to investigate them.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2026
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There is also the chance that the AI tools misunderstood meanings or context, the researchers noted.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Automobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automobile. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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