Thesaurus results for CONVEYANCE

conveyance

noun

kən-ˈvā-ən(t)s

as in vehicle

something used to carry goods or passengers the covered wagon was the major conveyance that transported settlers and their belongings across the frontier

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Recent Examples of conveyance The Yuba Water Agency, which operates New Bullards Bar Dam and controls the release of water from its reservoir, has adjusted its water conveyance plans for the spring and summer due to the incident and the mercurial, moderate rainy season. —

Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 17 Mar. 2026 Transfers made after a dispute becomes foreseeable can be challenged as fraudulent conveyances. —

Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026 The largest portion of the grant, over $10 million, will fund drainage improvements to existing stormwater collection and conveyance in Buenaventura Lakes. —

Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026 Almost always in these cases, an officer facing down a moving two-ton conveyance will have a fraction of a second to decide if a lethal threat exists. —

Laurence Miller, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conveyance

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Noun

He was also accused of unauthorized use of a vehicle, though the charge was later dropped.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
The vehicle was heading east on Ninth Avenue at the time, police added.

— City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026