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
One of the lightest teardrops meant to be pulled by cars (and not bicycles), the Kleox Shelter Travel debuted with a slightly unconventional form three years ago.
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New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
Try a private family tour from Bike About Tours, which will outfit the whole clan with bicycles (including, if necessary, kiddie seats or tandem attachments) and team you with an English-speaking guide who has years of experience cycling around Paris with their own families.
—Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
This Palo Alto wading pool offers Aqua-duck water bicycles that squirt water, which sounds like hours of fun to us.
—Jessica Yadegaran, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
There was no transportation, but a million bicycles were imported from China.
—Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Attendees may also park and lock bicycles at Express Bus lots and ride a bus to and from the Fair.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
To start, there are no bicycles or ball games, no mirrors larger than the palm of one’s hand, and almost no personal property.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
However, low-speed, pedal-assist-style bicycles are allowed on bike paths in Deerfield, according to previous comments by Budny, since they are regulated by the state.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
There, the project has taken action to address those challenges, including by providing 900 bicycles to those students who otherwise have to walk hours to get to and from school each day.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
Try a private family tour from Bike About Tours, which will outfit the whole clan with bicycles (including, if necessary, kiddie seats or tandem attachments) and team you with an English-speaking guide who has years of experience cycling around Paris with their own families.
—Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
This Palo Alto wading pool offers Aqua-duck water bicycles that squirt water, which sounds like hours of fun to us.
—Jessica Yadegaran, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
There was no transportation, but a million bicycles were imported from China.
—Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Attendees may also park and lock bicycles at Express Bus lots and ride a bus to and from the Fair.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
To start, there are no bicycles or ball games, no mirrors larger than the palm of one’s hand, and almost no personal property.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
However, low-speed, pedal-assist-style bicycles are allowed on bike paths in Deerfield, according to previous comments by Budny, since they are regulated by the state.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
There, the project has taken action to address those challenges, including by providing 900 bicycles to those students who otherwise have to walk hours to get to and from school each day.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bicycles
bikes
Noun
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Particularly when those bikes are old time-capsule classics that are valuable to collectors.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Sep. 2025
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Because of an idiosyncratic history of accidents on a boardwalk, bikes and rollerblades are prohibited there, but not scooters or skateboards.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Bicycles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bicycles. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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