as in bikes
a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars
the range of the boy's explorations vastly expanded when he acquired his first bicycle
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Recent Examples of bicycles
Transportation plans in the US and Europe centered cars and were almost always silent about any role for bicycles.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 5 Mar. 2026
Wrecks over the past year have also involved people riding traditional bicycles, not just e-bikes or scooters.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
The trail helps a large segment of the population who isn’t comfortable riding bicycles in traffic and prefers low-volume, low-speed conditions.
—Taylor Haught, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Under California law, electric bicycles are split into three classes.
—Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
In these neighborhoods, mobility is a layered system of buses, elevated trains, commuter rail, pedestrians, bicycles and cars that all intersect in constrained corridors.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
In the gray dawn, rows of bicycles bobbed at their moorings, as though lifted by ghostly hands.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
On-site amenities include a pool and a lawn, plus complimentary morning yoga classes and bicycles for guest use.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
Michael Patrick Smith, a member of the Bay Area Bike Mobile, said working on bicycles is about more than mechanics.
—Loureen Ayyoub, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 5 Mar. 2026
Wrecks over the past year have also involved people riding traditional bicycles, not just e-bikes or scooters.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
The trail helps a large segment of the population who isn’t comfortable riding bicycles in traffic and prefers low-volume, low-speed conditions.
—Taylor Haught, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Under California law, electric bicycles are split into three classes.
—Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
In these neighborhoods, mobility is a layered system of buses, elevated trains, commuter rail, pedestrians, bicycles and cars that all intersect in constrained corridors.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
In the gray dawn, rows of bicycles bobbed at their moorings, as though lifted by ghostly hands.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
On-site amenities include a pool and a lawn, plus complimentary morning yoga classes and bicycles for guest use.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
Michael Patrick Smith, a member of the Bay Area Bike Mobile, said working on bicycles is about more than mechanics.
—Loureen Ayyoub, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bicycles
bikes
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Sundeep Dosanjh, a spokesperson for Rocklin Unified, said school administrators previously saw about 120 Class 2 e-bikes at Granite Oaks Middle School alone.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Under Kansas law, there are three classes of e-bikes.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bicycles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bicycles. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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