HORSELESS CARRIAGES Synonyms: 59 Similar Words

horseless carriages

noun

plural of horseless carriage

as in cars

a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels with the coming of the horseless carriage, distances between places were greatly reduced and the national landscape was transformed

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Recent Examples of horseless carriages Now, these humble horseless carriages are nothing new. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 1 Apr. 2026

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Two doctors from Formula Medicine, an Italian center for driver performance working with BMW, which runs two cars in Hypercar in conjunction with the WRT team, directly addressed the suit’s cooling duration.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
At a memorial for one of the men, cars were smashed into each other in a field and set alight.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of cars

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In Portsmouth, a group of far-right agitators first attempted to stop lifeboats from bringing the migrants onshore before seeking to block buses from taking the asylum seekers to a processing facility.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
The move puts the agency at odds with a California Air Resources Board requirement that all transit agencies operate only zero-emission buses by 2040.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of buses

Noun

Trusting non-human drivers more While technological advances in automobiles have improved safety for drivers and passengers, that isn’t the case for road-sharing cyclists.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The property was replaced as an entrance to the park when automobiles replaced stagecoaches.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of automobiles

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The machines were designed to detect non-metallic weapons, explosives and other threats concealed under layers of clothing that might evade traditional metal detectors.

— Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
The difficult step is mixing different machines According to SCMP, CETC describes the ultimate objective as a heterogeneous, all-domain swarm, in which different uncrewed platforms can cooperate across air, land and sea.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of machines

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Elimar, the ground floor restaurant, buzzes at breakfast with a spectacular spread including giant wheels of parmesan and sides of prosciutto, fruit, egg and pancake stations, and a gluten-free section.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
The plane remained airborne without flaring the nose to force the wheels onto the ground.

— David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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