as in cars
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 autos
By product categories, overall exports of semiconductors in May more than doubled year-on-year by value while autos were up almost 40%.
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Chan Ho-Him,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
By product categories, overall exports of semiconductors in May more than doubled year-on-year by value while autos were up almost 40%.
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ABC News,
8 June 2026
For every car owner, another 50 or 60 people loved to read about autos—or so The Travel Magazine figured—if not necessarily hear endlessly about their neighbor’s new wheels.
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Eric Moskowitz,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
The bank, Khanna said, would provide capital to businesses trying to build or produce things critical to the national interest, whether that’s steel, autos or energy.
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Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
Televisions and autos are still uncommon.
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Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Defense industry workers who made up the bulk of Azure Vista’s new population faced a 6-mile-minimum commute to work, and private autos were not the norm.
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Eric Duvall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
This encompasses all parallels and insert parallels /75 or lower, autos /100 or lower, and case hit level inserts or rarer.
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Corey Merriman,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
On Sunday, April 26, enthusiasts can get up-close looks at more than 2,000 fantastic flying machines and vintage autos when this event takes over the Half Moon Bay Airport.
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Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Chan Ho-Him,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
By product categories, overall exports of semiconductors in May more than doubled year-on-year by value while autos were up almost 40%.
—
ABC News,
8 June 2026
For every car owner, another 50 or 60 people loved to read about autos—or so The Travel Magazine figured—if not necessarily hear endlessly about their neighbor’s new wheels.
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Eric Moskowitz,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
The bank, Khanna said, would provide capital to businesses trying to build or produce things critical to the national interest, whether that’s steel, autos or energy.
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Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
Televisions and autos are still uncommon.
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Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Defense industry workers who made up the bulk of Azure Vista’s new population faced a 6-mile-minimum commute to work, and private autos were not the norm.
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Eric Duvall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
This encompasses all parallels and insert parallels /75 or lower, autos /100 or lower, and case hit level inserts or rarer.
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Corey Merriman,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
On Sunday, April 26, enthusiasts can get up-close looks at more than 2,000 fantastic flying machines and vintage autos when this event takes over the Half Moon Bay Airport.
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Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for autos
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So the crowds on the course, estimated at about 45,000 earlier in the day, which was sunny and seasonably warm, began to disperse, urged to seek shelter and reminded their cars might be the safest place, though there was no re-entry allowed.
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The company explicitly works with high-mileage vehicles, with coverage available for cars at 200,000 miles and beyond.
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One man now holds unusual sway across rockets, satellites, automobiles, artificial intelligence, a major communications platform and a web of government contracts — influence concentrated in a way that should make any republic pause.
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Built between 1939 and 1942 by cabinetmaker Joe Pellkofer, the intricate model was originally designed much like an elaborate train layout, complete with stores, homes, automobiles, streetlights and hundreds of handcrafted buildings.
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The event will have medical areas for people who may have a health emergency and cooling buses throughout the parade route for people to get refuge from the heat.
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Unlike regular county buses, these require a match ticket to board.
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The European goal machines — who both command a weekly salary north of $600,000 — have started the tournament with a bang.
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Hypersonic missiles have been in development for a while now, but these have tended to be extremely complex machines that are mind-bogglingly expensive to make and slow to deploy.
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“Autos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autos. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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