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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
Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Crossing the Tibetan Plateau, my grandmother came upon great caravans miles long, and the muleteers offered her slices of raw yak meat.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
People can live there in tents, caravans, or prefab structures while buildings go up slowly around them.
—Shelly Culbertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The campaign included spearheading caravans and events across the country at significant personal risk.
—David Smilde, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
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
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
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From Tapachula, migrants began the long and perilous trek through Mexico to the United States, often in large caravans.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Crossing the Tibetan Plateau, my grandmother came upon great caravans miles long, and the muleteers offered her slices of raw yak meat.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
People can live there in tents, caravans, or prefab structures while buildings go up slowly around them.
—Shelly Culbertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The campaign included spearheading caravans and events across the country at significant personal risk.
—David Smilde, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caravans
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But the patriots’ real breakthrough came in 1778 and 1779, when the fleets of France and Spain finally joined this contest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Hurst spoke of the ways Amazon is looking to utilize new technologies to serve customers and reduce emissions—from minimizing packaging to electrifying fleets of delivery vehicles.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Keep a distance from high profile vehicles such as trucks, buses and vehicles towing trailers.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Deacon and his wife bought the three-hundred-acre ranch during the pandemic and are trying to make a go of it, renting out two trailers and a couple of bare campsites.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Caravans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caravans. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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