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as in trailer
a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling
bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California
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as in to tent
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Recent Examples of caravan
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Betting on the farm After the visit to Magnet, Khanna’s caravan left Cleveland and headed southwest toward Toledo.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 28 May 2026
Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
Each spring, his parents and five siblings would caravan with a couple of other families from South Texas to the Oregon-Idaho border.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The Nazarene saved his kindest words for the meek, the poor, the peacemakers — who are sorely lacking in Pratt’s caravan of disaffected liberals, Trumpers and the wealthy.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Betting on the farm After the visit to Magnet, Khanna’s caravan left Cleveland and headed southwest toward Toledo.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 28 May 2026
Verb
Photo: Getty Images Each winter, Wright and his apprentices would caravan from Spring Green to Scottsdale to continue their work in warmer weather.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
Each spring, his parents and five siblings would caravan with a couple of other families from South Texas to the Oregon-Idaho border.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caravan
Noun
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Cars arrive at the covered porte-cochère, where a fleet of friendly bellhops whisk you and your luggage inside.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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Its Falcon fleet currently dominates that market, accounting for roughly 80% of global mass launched to orbit since 2023.—
Morgan Brennan,Harriet Taylor,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
Noun
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For the game’s first teaser trailer and look into the gameplay during today’s Nintendo Direct, Sora fights a Darkside Heartless in Quadratum, a land introduced in KH3 that’s inspired by Shibuya, Tokyo.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
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According to the warrant affidavit, Garrison asked troopers to retrieve a medicine bag from the tractor-trailer.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Bake in preheated oven until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbling around edges, about 25 to 30 minutes, tenting with foil if needed.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
16 May 2026
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Transfer the steaks to a serving platter and tent with foil.—
Sheena Chihak,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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After being halted for over an hour, the convoy took another longer route to reach its destination after 12 hours, the member said.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Another 10 people were detained on May 24 while trying to negotiate safe passage for their convoy at a checkpoint near Sitre, Libya, along the Mediterranean coast less than halfway between Tunisia and Egypt.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Finding the modern backpacking stove market unfit for its hard-charging, bushwhacking, peak-scrambling hunts, Colorado's Roughridge Stove Co. determined to make a tougher, more inextinguishable breed of all-in-one backcountry cook system.—
C.C. Weiss
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
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The Soho location is one of the 11 REI shops that have unionized in the past few years, and its closure will leave a gaping hole in the market for the city’s gearheads looking to try on climbing shoes or find an ultralight tent for their next backpacking trip.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
26 May 2026
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“Caravan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caravan. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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