jitney

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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 Keelboats, jitney cars, horseless carriages, street cars, a railroad train, fire engine, skyway and even the Adm. Joe Fowler Sternwheeler on the Rivers of America all serve as people-movers. Roger Simmons, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2021 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 Sharon Kay Penman was born on Aug. 13, 1945, in New York City and raised in Atlantic City, where her father, William J. Penman, waited tables and drove a jitney. Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2021 On July 20, 1916, The Chronicle ran an editorial supporting a jitney bus ban from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day. Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, 15 Jan. 2020 For travel to Jersey City and New York, many residents rely on the jitney buses that run along several of Union City’s north-south arteries, and cost between $1.50 and $5 a ride, depending on the destination. New York Times, 9 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jitney
Noun
  • Give ample space to large vehicles - Trucks or buses can create a water spray that diminishes visibility.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Beyond trucks, 10-percent duties will also apply to buses.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While Nexperia is little known outside the industry, its site says the company has more than 6,000 products qualified for use in automobiles, and shipments of 110 billion of its products annually.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Lincoln Motor Company, or simply Lincoln, is the luxury vehicle division of American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company.
    Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The suspect – described as a male driving a dark-colored sedan – allegedly exited his vehicle, physically assaulted the student and slashed the car’s tires, officials said.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Wickersham said investigators reviewed video from building, body and in-car police vehicle cameras and determined the two officers who fired seven shots in total were justified.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Even if Schumer buys in and supports a minibus, a single senator can object to bundling bills together and derail that progress.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Either way, the option's there if Aridge wants to throw out the controls altogether and make this an autonomous air minibus.
    Loz Blain October 16, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At Paulsen’s house, players walk past a minivan in the driveway, ring the doorbell and listen for a moment as Paulsen and Kelly corral the dogs and the kids.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Agents then placed her in the back of an unmarked gray Chrysler minivan with tinted windows as onlookers yelled at them.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The list includes familiar British names, like Bentley and Jaguar motorcars, Burberry outfitters, Smythson Stationers, Turnbull and Asser Shirtmakers, and Twining's Tea and Coffee.
    Scott Simon, NPR, 5 July 2025
  • Over 75 motorcars showed up—each one a nod to the past or a wink from the future—drawing a line from the original Silver Ghosts to the gleaming beasts of today.
    Josh Max, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • First Brands Group Holdings has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, capping weeks of turmoil sparked by creditor concern over the auto-suppliers use of opaque off-balance sheet financing.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The Biden administration pledged more than $1 billion in grants last year to help retool or reopen 11 auto plants — including more than $650 million for two factories in Michigan — for electric vehicle production.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Back at Martin’s high school in Stockton, his coach still keeps a picture of him at his desk from an award ceremony about 15 years ago.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • For most of this game, Nix, head coach Sean Payton and Denver’s offensive operation had almost exclusively bad on their side of the ledger.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Jitney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jitney. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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