as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
browsed online for used automobiles for sale
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
Key industries such as agriculture, construction, automobiles, energy, health care, technology and advanced industries like aerospace and bioscience face the greatest risk from higher tariffs and the potential for retaliatory tariffs abroad.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
China’s subsidies, which are far larger than those of other countries, have created overcapacity in automobiles, solar panels, and semiconductors.
—Sadek Wahba, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
Today, the assembly of automobiles and countless other products is done primarily by robots.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The episode opens with Charles providing a little history lesson about how the rise of automobiles in the 1910s rendered the horse stables under the building obsolete.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
Key industries such as agriculture, construction, automobiles, energy, health care, technology and advanced industries like aerospace and bioscience face the greatest risk from higher tariffs and the potential for retaliatory tariffs abroad.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
China’s subsidies, which are far larger than those of other countries, have created overcapacity in automobiles, solar panels, and semiconductors.
—Sadek Wahba, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
Today, the assembly of automobiles and countless other products is done primarily by robots.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for automobile
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About 18 vehicles, including a number of rare barn find cars, were auctioned from the collection.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Take Tesla, Elon Musk's car company last week delivered its first electric SUV, Model Y, from its showroom in Mumbai.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Elsewhere, a strange new trend has started, seeing users stitch together clips of Jeremiah from various episodes into horror film-like videos, driving home the message that this is not just another cute, curly-haired college student but a malevolent Disney villain.—
Olivia Petter,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
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Discover the fascinating economics driving billion-dollar industries.—
thehustle.co,
thehustle.co,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Housing Senate Bill 79 would require communities to approve more housing developments near train and bus stations in many counties across the state.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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There were kiddie pools in the yard and vintage VW buses in the driveway.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Williams broke up a pass going one on one with talented Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith, and Norman-Lott motored his way to a one-arm sack of Jalen Hurts.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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There’s one that does so particularly well, though trades some spaciousness for motoring fun.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Some BDCs are dividend machines, others are disasters.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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These machines from Volvo CE and Volvo Trucks are powering the world’s first fully electric deconstruction site in Erlangen, Germany, in collaboration with Siemens and Metzner Recycling.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Many employees may not be aware of the dangers associated with feeding GenAI tools sensitive data.—
Camellia Chan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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When the season ended, Payton and general manager George Paton could have re-tooled the personnel on defense or let a couple of key contributors go.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Automobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automobile. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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