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minibus

noun

Definition of minibusnext
as in bus

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Recent Examples of minibus Moments later the drone dives toward the minibus and explodes near its front, detonating close to where the man is standing. — Elaine Mallon, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026 In May, a minibus rammed into a bus parked along a motorway in northwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring five others. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Russian drones also hit a passenger minibus in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three and wounding six, including a child, Zelensky said on social media. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 Johannesburg — More than 10 suspects got out of a minibus and moved through a poor neighborhood near South Africa's biggest city while shooting at residents in a late-night attack that killed at least 12 people and wounded nine others, police said Wednesday. — CBS News, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for minibus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minibus
  1. bus
  2. car
  3. minivan
  4. coach
  5. jitney
  6. automobile
  7. van
  8. limousine
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
  • 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
  • Instead of riding the school bus or taking the family minivan, these kids and parents are using pedal power to get to class.
    — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Its fleet includes the newer, roomier Ojai vehicles based on a Zeekr minivan-style chassis.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of minivan
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
Definition of coach
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
  • This was the era of Eero Saarinen’s Tulip chair, Charles and Ray Eames’s organic furniture, and the space-age curves were sweeping through architecture, automobiles, and fashion.
    — Taylor Stoddard, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026
  • These days, instead of shiny new automobiles, two gleaming copper and stainless steel stills occupy the long room located to the left of the entrance.
    — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of automobile
Noun
  • Ebicos The Happy Dreamer is designed to work with some of the European market's leading midsize and small vans of present and past, including the Volkswagen Transporter, Volkswagen Caddy, Ford Transit Custom and Peugeot Partner.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of dispatching a service van ($150 to $300 in fuel and labor) and navigating traffic, the technician accessed the multitenant dashboard.
    — Robert Messer, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of van
Noun
  • In one incident, during a personal trip to Oregon, Chavez-DeRemer allegedly stopped at a strip club featuring partially nude dancers and directed her limousine driver to give money to a performer, the report said.
    — Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The visual style references a late 1980s Donna Karan campaign and video, photographed by Dennis Piel, that featured Rosemary McGrotha expressing her inner thoughts inside a limousine coming into New York.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of limousine

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“Minibus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minibus. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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