as in automobile
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
every teenager's dream of getting a driver's license and a first car
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Recent Examples of car
Many homeowners also opt to spray down their driveways to prevent their car tires from melting.
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Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2025
That iPad captured the love and ‘new car smell’ of the Apple Silicon M4 away from the Mac family.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
On July 4, 1994, a car transporting Bosio’s two young children was rammed by a colectivo — the Buenos Aires public buses, often manned by notoriously aggressive drivers.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Should a person rent a car, transponders are movable from one vehicle to another.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
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Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2025
That iPad captured the love and ‘new car smell’ of the Apple Silicon M4 away from the Mac family.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
On July 4, 1994, a car transporting Bosio’s two young children was rammed by a colectivo — the Buenos Aires public buses, often manned by notoriously aggressive drivers.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Should a person rent a car, transponders are movable from one vehicle to another.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for car
Noun
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But new automobile sales took four years to regain their pre-recession level even with interest rates of approximately nil.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Meanwhile, Kelley himself sits on the state's Motor Vehicle Advisory Board with Morales, which advises the secretary of state on matters related to the regulation of automobile dealers in Indiana.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Buzz looks and feels different with a vehicle that sits somewhere between a minivan and a small bus.—
Utkarsh Sood
June 29,
New Atlas,
29 June 2025
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Some were by bus, some on foot, and some a combination of both.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 June 2025
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The way our system works is when a marked paper ballot is scanned in, the machine takes a photo of the front and back of the sheet and also creates an associated electronic file, the cast vote record, with all the relevant data from that ballot.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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If a ballot isn't cast in person, as is the case with overseas ballots and absentee ballots, or may have been folded, crumpled or smeared, election workers have to take the ballot submitted and create one on the ballot paper that can be read by the vote-counting machines.—
Tom Sissom,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum as well as 25% tariffs on autos.—
Rob Gillies,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
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Other tariffs currently in place include 50% on steel and aluminum, 25% on cars and auto parts, and a 10% minimum tariff on virtually every country’s goods.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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“Car.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/car. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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