HORSELESS CARRIAGE Synonyms: 57 Similar Words

horseless carriage

noun

as in car

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 carriage The company made royal coaches for monarchs in Europe and England, and had just begun building electric horseless carriages. — Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 26 July 2024 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 Vermont actually passed a law that required a person to walk in front of a car, waving a red flag — presumably to warn any passersby to not get too close to the horseless carriage. — Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 See All Example Sentences for horseless carriage

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One of the resources pulled was the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool, which was designed to capture information on cars, bicycles, and pedestrians, according to the outlet.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors argued at trial that Shirilla intentionally drove into the building to end her toxic relationship with Russo and that Flanagan was an unintended victim who happened to be in the car.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of car

Noun

Its growing fleets of electric motorcycles and buses have been less exposed to the fuel-price shock than peers elsewhere on the continent, and have seen demand rise.

— Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Every window of every building the bus crawled past opened a severe yearning in me, as though my life here had become abstract or theoretical.

— Hisham Matar, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of bus

Noun

Here the view from an automobile traveling at speed blurs the landscape into a series of abstract forms—the way the world appears is changed by the velocity of technology, and so is your experience of it.

— Caitlín Doherty, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
The entrance of the famed Inn at Spanish Bay, in Northern California’s Pebble Beach, had been festooned with some of the world’s most exotic automobiles—swooned over by camera-toting adorers—just a few days prior during Monterey Car Week.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of automobile

Noun

Muscles aren’t just machines that move our bones from place to place.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
While there have been some minimal interior changes over the decades (there’s no longer a payphone or cigarette machine), the eclectic nature of Mac’s clientele has remained the same.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

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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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