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limousine

noun

Definition of limousinenext
as in car

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Recent Examples of limousine Several of the accompanying staff and Secret Service agents were injured, and one of the bullets ricocheted off of President Reagan’s limousine and struck him in the chest. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 Reagan was hit by a bullet that bounced off his limousine and struck him under his arm. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026 Trump told Eichler that his limousine would pick him up at one-thirty. — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 In early 2024, this writer first broke the story about Toyota announcing that the Century would evolve from a single flagship limousine into a standalone ultra-luxury marque and sit above Lexus as Toyota’s ultra-luxury brand. — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for limousine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limousine
  1. car
  2. automobile
  3. bus
  4. coupe
  5. motorcar
  6. auto
  7. sedan
  8. minibus
Noun
  • At least four cars and two storage containers burned after the helicopter caught fire.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • However, the pressures facing the car industry could be a sign of things to come for the heavy-vehicle sector.
    — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of car
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The sleek, gold-colored coupé impressed with a futuristic design, but baffled onlookers with its cramped two-seat interior, lack of a charging port, and a dubious, far-too-good-to-be-true $30,000 price tag.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Rewind to 1953, and commercial artist Harry Birdsall fantasized about building a luxury convertible coupe in Harley Earl’s style, but one that could actually be purchased.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of coupe
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 Star-Telegram watched filming from a distance and saw an all-black car with a camera adorned to its roof driving behind a black sedan and black SUV.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But that’s in the past now, and since inventory for the sport sedan has recovered, and its base model is back on the menu, the WRX has enjoyed a much more comfortable end to the summer.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of sedan
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

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“Limousine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limousine. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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