horseless carriage

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Recent Examples of horseless carriage Uriah Smith thought that sticking a horse head on the front of a horseless carriage would prevent horses from getting upset upon seeing one. Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023 Ferdinand Porsche first put them in a prototype horseless carriage in 1900. WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023 There’s no argument that today’s cars, trucks, and SUVs are built and engineered far better than at any point since the days of the horseless carriage. Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 26 May 2022 Within a decade, however, the horseless carriage had greatly reduced demand for horse clippers. Gregg Opelka, WSJ, 18 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for horseless carriage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horseless carriage
Noun
  • The worker then pointed across the lot to Norman — who was washing someone’s car, tending to his summer job, minding his business.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
  • Late this spring, I was led into a car in Kyiv, blindfolded, and driven to a secret factory in western Ukraine.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Those charges came after a mother found her child's bus had not moved for 10 minutes when checking an app that tracked the bus's location.
    Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
  • Additionally, the Maryland Transit Administration rerouted some bus services, per WBAL TV 11.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Their vehicles were part of a long line of automobiles lining a block of Genesee Street during Scoop Waukegan over the weekend.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • Italy is renowned for its sophisticated style and taste, which permeate various aspects of its culture, including fashion, food, wine, and automobiles.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Then Google would know her, the machine would let her.
    Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
  • This illustrative image from October 5, 2021, shows a magnetic resonance imaging machine at Neurospin in Gif-sur-Yvette, southwest of Paris.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025

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“Horseless carriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horseless%20carriage. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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