microbus

noun

Definition of microbusnext
as in bus

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Recent Examples of microbus The microbus is to be on display during the LA Auto Show in the Volkswagen area. — Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 21 Nov. 2025 Throughout the 1950s, Volkswagen’s Type 2 microbus was hardly a collectible, but rather a tradesman’s workhorse, or a wholesome weekend motel on wheels for families camping mostly across Europe and North America. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2025 The original microbus is Volkswagen's second-oldest vehicle behind the Beetle. — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 5 June 2023 The microbus, a sort of mass transit minivan, was transporting people from Sohag province to Cairo, the statement said. — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for microbus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microbus
  1. bus
  2. minibus
  3. car
  4. minivan
  5. jitney
  6. automobile
  7. coach
  8. auto
Noun
  • There were earlier versions of this story that were openly mocking of Kip, versions that threw Leo under the bus for being too sly; versions that were too overtly political; versions with ghosts that didn’t need to be there, and so on.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • His thoughts postgame weren’t on boarding a bus for the 2-hour, 15-minute ride back to southeast Kansas.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of bus
Noun
  • All those injured had been aboard the minibus, and all are men, Cury said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, the modern-day minibus won’t be available stateside until the first half of next year at the earliest.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of minibus
Noun
  • The tax rate for car leases would remain at 15%, while leases for film production equipment would see their tax reduced to 11%.
    — Chris Tye, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Modern vehicles are computers on wheels, communicating with your smartphone, other cars, satellites, and cloud servers to navigate, entertain, and even drive for you.
    — Mike McRae October 20, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of car
Noun
  • For those jobs, the minivan may simply have the better floor plan.
    — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Detectives tailed the minivan to four other homes in North Hills, North Hollywood, San Gabriel and Rosemead.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of minivan
Noun
  • 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
Definition of jitney
Noun
  • Christine Chao, 44, of Rosemead, was charged with second-degree felony text messaging or email automobile homicide on Tuesday for the June 12 crash in Juab County, Utah, according to documents from Juab County's Fourth District Court.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Chao was charged with text message or email automobile homicide Tuesday after the investigation into the crash was finished.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of automobile
Noun
  • But head coach Ben Johnson isn't going to be happy that his team nearly blew a 24-point lead with just over 12 minutes to go.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Even though the season’s still young, the Dolphins and the Chargers, who coincidentally have two former Dolphins head coaches on its offensive staff, are the NFL’s bottom-dwellers this season.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of coach
Noun
  • In the cursed days of auto-sync, pre-mixed sets, and the celebrity spinner, few have done as much to defend the noble art of the DJ as Felix Manuel, aka Djrum, a selector who combines galactically expansive taste with equally vast technical skill.
    — Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Thompson’s mother, a schoolteacher, and his father, an auto mechanic, had never been able to register and vote.
    — Jeffrey Toobin, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of auto

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