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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
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
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
Verb
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
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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The bill would further require aircraft operators to equip their fleets with ADS-B in by 2031.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, aging aircraft fleets and a wave of retirements have created an urgent demand for new technicians.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 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,
25 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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