Thesaurus results for MINIVAN

minivan

noun

Definition of minivan

as in car

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Recent Examples of minivan Sullivan was driving a Pontiac Montana minivan carrying his wife, son, and daughter, along with one of his daughter’s teammates and her father. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 The woman driving the minivan died from injuries suffered in the crash, and two other women in the vehicle suffered serious injuries, ABC 10 reported. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Without hesitation, one of the managers at the supermarket sprang into action and pulled the little girl to safety just moments before she would have been hit by a passing minivan. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026 The current-gen Passport is made in Alabama, alongside the Ridgeline pickup and Odyssey minivan. — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for minivan

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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

Yellow police tape cordoned off the property, where several vehicles were parked in the driveway, including a white Toyota SUV, a gray BMW SUV and a black Range Rover.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
The initial investigation indicated the police SUV had its lights and sirens on.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of SUV

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

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 Florida, Freebee cars, carts and vans can be found from the Florida Keys to Lake and Orange counties.

— Sofia Zarran, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The driver pulls their van off the road so it’s parked halfway on an empty lot, runs over in black jeans and a band tee with the sleeves cut off, and climbs into the truck bed as Hollywell jokingly pulls away.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of van

Noun

She has just been released from rehab after falling off the wagon and spends much of her day either sleeping or recovering from bad dreams of being chased by Nazis.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
The same thing can happen here where SpaceX will sell something that’ll probably rely on other assets that are out there, even if the telcos themselves are circling the wagons.

— Nilay Patel, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of wagon

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