Thesaurus results for BUSES

buses 1 of 2

noun

variants also busses

plural of bus

as in cars

a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels this old bus is still running—but barely

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buses

2 of 2

verb

variants or busses

present tense third-person singular of bus

as in coaches

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Recent Examples of buses

Noun

During her 2024 reelection campaign, Miami-Dade’s Democratic mayor, Daniella Levine Cava, put her name on county buses. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026 At least 33 people were killed last month when Russia hit two civilian buses in Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026 Ambulances and medical helicopters made trips to and from the site, while unscathed survivors were put on buses. — Joseph Wilson, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026 Of those vehicles, 2,075 were trucks, and the rest were buses and delivery vans. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Many past governors have regarded the mass transit system — with its aging train stations, slow buses, fractious labor groups and perennial budget woes — as more of a liability than an asset. — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 All fare enforcement teams will be pulled off of city buses until the MTA can investigate two allegations of improper use of force, MTA Chairman Janno Lieber said Thursday. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 Shuttle buses will replace service between Merchandise Mart and Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Russia has increasingly hit civilian targets, but the Thursday strike, which ripped through two buses, was reminiscent of larger strikes earlier in the war. — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for buses

Noun

That difference makes city cars, delivery vehicles and stationary storage more promising applications than long-range EVs.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
The pavilion includes a gym, a sports court, a steam room and lifts for 20 cars.

— Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of cars

Verb

Damianides also coaches Central's Science Olympiad team and says a few of his own high school teachers at Naperville North influenced him to get into teaching science.

— Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Sy’s character, Assane Diop, a Senegalese immigrant from the Paris suburbs, owns a collection of Air Jordans and coaches his son’s basketball team.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of coaches

Verb

The President frequently jets down to his Palm Beach property on weekends.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Instead of Paris this time, the film jets off to another fabulous destination besides New York — Milan — for a huge fashion expo where Lady Gaga gets to perform and even exchange swipes with Miranda.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of jets

Noun

That information could also support navigation across the robot swarm, allowing its different machines to share observations and coordinate their movements.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026
Complimentary rentals are available via a trio of machines on the hotel’s second floor.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of machines

Verb

But the latest attempt to put Cineplex on the auction block comes at a decidedly more opportune time as the exhibitor rides a Hollywood box office rebound, with resurgent revenue and profits to feed its bottom line.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
That bill, which remains stalled at both state and city levels, is a reasonable if cumbersome way to discipline the proliferation of anonymous machines and make someone accountable for who rides what and how.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of rides

Noun

From January through the end of August this year — the most recent month for which Federal Aviation Administration data is available — planes landing at O’Hare averaged 20 minutes to taxi to their gates once their wheels hit the ground.

— Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
So while the tank was resting on the road wheels that help keep the tracks in tension, trying to tow it would likely just cause the massive vehicle to dig in.

— Stephen Edelstein, The Drive, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of wheels

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