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jitney

noun

Definition of jitney

as in bus

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Recent Examples of jitney The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries. — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 May 2022 Simon Berry started a jitney service that catered to Greenwood's Black community, who were barred from using White taxi services. — Jazmin Goodwin, CNN, 16 May 2021 The seed for Lyft was planted when Logan Green, a California university student, saw jitney buses picking up passengers in Zimbabwe. — Daniel Yergin, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021 There is a motif of animals transported on vehicles, such as a placid duck riding in the back of a jitney and a nervous sheep in a cage being hauled by a tractor. — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2018

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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

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The other option, pushing the Super Bowl back a week, was initially rejected because New Orleans, the host city, had booked an automobile dealers’ convention that had gobbled up most of the desirable hotel rooms.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Bugatti and Ferrari are doing just fine selling seven-figure automobiles.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of automobile

Noun

When the sequence was complete, the roof had disappeared into the rear of the car, turning this enormous Cadillac into an open-top grand tourer.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026
But in other cases, cameras may be pointed toward a park that was used as an example in the demonstration, and not toward cars.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of car

Noun

The strike took place just one day after another Russian drone hit a minibus in Kherson, and killed four people.

— News Desk, Artforum, 25 Aug. 2026
Zelenskyy said that three people were also wounded in an attack on a minibus in the regional capital, also called Zaporizhzhia.

— Volodymyr Yurchuk, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of minibus

Noun

The late 1880s brought the motorcar, which used railway-style oil lamps.

— Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Lucky for people living in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, there are plenty of free things to do with fathers this upcoming weekend from free swimming to a classic motorcar gathering and surprising activities in between.

— Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 18 June 2026

Definition of motorcar

Noun

In this setup, auto-enrollment is a way for employers to help their employees afford health expenses — via an employer contribution — at a time when the cost of healthcare is soaring, experts said.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
But the unyielding free market advocate likely became just as well known for his opposition to Proposition 103, the landmark 1988 insurance initiative that regulated the industry following a period of skyrocketing auto premiums.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of auto

Noun

The Ducks were 35-0 against unranked foes with Lanning as coach.

— Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Head coach Eva Olid’s attacking philosophy was nowhere to be seen, registering only four touches in the opposition box (to Chelsea’s 61) and two shots, one on target.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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