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
That’s because dealers are still working through their supply of pre-tariff cars, according to Ivan Drury, director of insights at Edmunds.
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David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
If someone acquired the correct combination of game pieces — Park Place and Boardwalk, for instance — a house, car, cruise or large cash prize may await.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 20 June 2025
Despite their growing popularity, the cars have been frequent targets for vandals.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
When cars were first introduced, some had fake horse heads attached to the front to make passengers feel more comfortable.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
If someone acquired the correct combination of game pieces — Park Place and Boardwalk, for instance — a house, car, cruise or large cash prize may await.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 20 June 2025
Despite their growing popularity, the cars have been frequent targets for vandals.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
When cars were first introduced, some had fake horse heads attached to the front to make passengers feel more comfortable.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for car
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In Los Angeles, the boom translated to an influx of new workers who had moved west, seduced by the lure of movies as much as the location’s oil fields and automobile manufacturers, and the city saw its population double between 1920 and 1925.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Bertha, the wife of automobile inventor Karl Benz, made the first long-distance drive in history, back when the vehicle was still a prototype, and the roads were barely there, and such a voyage was a revolution.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
23 June 2025
Noun
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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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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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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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The firm works with individuals facing financial roadblocks like mortgage denials, auto loan issues, and business funding hurdles.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
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 5 Jul. 2025.
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