as in vehicles
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 conveyances
The car's design is radical compared to Jaguar's modern conveyances.
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Morgan Korn, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Transfers made after a dispute becomes foreseeable can be challenged as fraudulent conveyances.
—Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
About 95% of conveyances are working, according to a spreadsheet MIA shared with the Herald earlier this year.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Nobody is making the elevator repair companies or the landlords actually fix problematic conveyances.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Although these conveyances failed, the boy got a little further on every attempt.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
In the end, the court found that these conveyances by Kanai were illicit but rejected CAHA’s unjust enrichment claim regarding his use of complimentary Avalanche tickets without reimbursing the nonprofit.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Morgan Korn, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Transfers made after a dispute becomes foreseeable can be challenged as fraudulent conveyances.
—Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
About 95% of conveyances are working, according to a spreadsheet MIA shared with the Herald earlier this year.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Nobody is making the elevator repair companies or the landlords actually fix problematic conveyances.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Although these conveyances failed, the boy got a little further on every attempt.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
In the end, the court found that these conveyances by Kanai were illicit but rejected CAHA’s unjust enrichment claim regarding his use of complimentary Avalanche tickets without reimbursing the nonprofit.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conveyances
vehicles
Noun
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Large trucks account for five per cent of the vehicles in the United States but play a role in ten per cent of fatal accidents.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Waymo and Waze announced the effort, which will use data collected by autonomous vehicles to identify road damage and share it with local governments.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Conveyances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conveyances. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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