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as in fleets
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management
a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street
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as in trailers
a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling
bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California
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Recent Examples of caravans
Chad De Guzman, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Perfect for studio flats, campers and caravans.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The sun keeps setting as small caravans trudge through high grasses, over rocky ripple, and finally, into the marsh.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
When Coverley and the girls returned to England, in 1969, Lucian arranged for Bella to spend time with some aristocratic hippies who travelled around southern England in caravans.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
El Grito Chicago was launched last year as a vibrant, family-friendly celebration of Mexican culture and heritage, and also as alternative to help regulate the car caravans that had taken over the streets in recent years in the days leading up to Mexican Independence Day.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
As dusk falls, camel caravans fade into dunes, and stars ignite above the oasis palms.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Due to its location, farming crops, like maize, was difficult, so the people relied on llama caravans to connect the communities in the region and facilitate trade.
—Gina Park, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
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Advertisement But an unnamed fellow Boy Scout trooper also told NBC News that the suspect did sometimes voice his political opinions, recounting a conversation a few years back about migrant caravans entering the country.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Perfect for studio flats, campers and caravans.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The sun keeps setting as small caravans trudge through high grasses, over rocky ripple, and finally, into the marsh.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
When Coverley and the girls returned to England, in 1969, Lucian arranged for Bella to spend time with some aristocratic hippies who travelled around southern England in caravans.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
El Grito Chicago was launched last year as a vibrant, family-friendly celebration of Mexican culture and heritage, and also as alternative to help regulate the car caravans that had taken over the streets in recent years in the days leading up to Mexican Independence Day.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
As dusk falls, camel caravans fade into dunes, and stars ignite above the oasis palms.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Due to its location, farming crops, like maize, was difficult, so the people relied on llama caravans to connect the communities in the region and facilitate trade.
—Gina Park, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caravans
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Beijing fields one of the world’s largest missile fleets and has taken the lead over Washington in hypersonic missile technology—maneuverable weapons that travel more than five times the speed of sound.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The company has traced the attack to ransomware, in which hackers encrypt entire fleets of computers and demand payment (usually in cryptocurrency) to unlock them.—
Senior Reporter,
PC Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
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There are no trailers on the Taylor Swift YouTube channel and there are only stills posted on Instagram with over 20M likes from 282M followers.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 Oct. 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Caravans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caravans. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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