Thesaurus results for FLEETS

fleets

noun

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plural of fleet

as in convoys

a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management a fleet of buses rolling down the highway

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Recent Examples of fleets Design There’s a reason James Bond villains chase 007’s Aston Martin in fleets of black Defenders. —

John Scott Lewinski, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026 Even Uber, which became a household verb, now sees its future in servicing corporate robotaxi fleets. —

Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026 Even rare glitches can escalate quickly when fleets operate at scale. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026 Starting in 2028, Uber and Rivian will begin launching their autonomous fleets in Miami and San Francisco. —

Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026 Many mid-sized carriers, small fleets and thousands of independent truckers all exited the industry. —

Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026 Add China’s broader strength in making EVs and connected cars, and robotaxi firms can tap a wide array of affordable, high-quality vehicles for their fleets. —

Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026 The postal service has one of the world’s largest civilian fleets with 246,503 vehicles, according to a statement, and a million miles is the equivalent of driving from the moon to earth more than four times. —

Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026 Manufacturers now have a compact, a mid-size, an EV and a large SUV in their fleets trying to earn consumers’ business regardless of market. —

Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026

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Some threads of trade connected the different zones, like the Silk Road across central Asia, or the trans-Saharan caravans.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Kumari writes that horses from Central Asia mainly arrived in India over land routes, brought by merchants from nomadic cultures who traveled in caravans.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 20 Mar. 2026