conveyances

plural of conveyance
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 proposal would have generally banned e-bikes and other e-conveyances from playgrounds, parks and school grounds unless signs specifically allowed them. Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Folsom city leaders are considering new regulations targeting e-bikes, electric scooters and other electric conveyances as complaints about unsafe riding and damage to parks continue. James Taylor, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 More room for all on board is needed due to the mobility conveyances of our oldest and youngest. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026 The car's design is radical compared to Jaguar's modern conveyances. 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 Some travelers may shed a nostalgic tear for the retro conveyances; others might pop the champagne. Natalie B. Compton, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2025 Nobody is making the elevator repair companies or the landlords actually fix problematic conveyances. Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conveyances
vehicles
Noun
  • Fort Lauderdale police told the Herald that their 88-camera network has already catalogued over 174 million vehicles, roughly 1,000 times the city’s population.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Musk plans to integrate Cybercabs, which lack manual controls that passengers could use to take over in an emergency, into the company’s existing cab service, which until now has used only conventional Tesla vehicles.
    Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

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“Conveyances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conveyances. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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