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Recent Examples of minivan
The most versatile vehicle on the road is the minivan and, like cargo shorts, it’s often maligned for no good reason.
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New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
Orlenko says his wife and son were seated inside the minivan, uninjured but shaken.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Amazon’s Zoox also offers minivan-like vehicles, and is teaming up with Uber to book rides via the Uber app this summer in Las Vegas and next year in Los Angeles.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Chrysler is often credited with inventing the minivan, or at least mainstreaming it in the United States in the early 1980s.
—Robert Ferris, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
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New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
Orlenko says his wife and son were seated inside the minivan, uninjured but shaken.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Amazon’s Zoox also offers minivan-like vehicles, and is teaming up with Uber to book rides via the Uber app this summer in Las Vegas and next year in Los Angeles.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Chrysler is often credited with inventing the minivan, or at least mainstreaming it in the United States in the early 1980s.
—Robert Ferris, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minivan
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The framing captures the intensity of the city but also its evasiveness—these cars are neither here nor there but on their way somewhere else, underscoring Hong Kong’s historical identity as a transit hub, an entrepôt, a place intended for people to pass through, not to stay in.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Plus, earn 5% total cash back on hotel, car rentals and attractions booked with Citi Travel.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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In October 2013, a passenger train slammed into a minibus at an unguarded crossing in West Java, killing 13 people.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The company has just shared the preliminary details of this classy new plug-in minibus.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Apr. 2026
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The video claimed what looks like an SUV was driven by a drunk man who was seen urinating in the parking lot before his little adventure at a location in Charlotte, North Carolina.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas stepped quickly into a waiting SUV.—
Andrew Graham
April 26,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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In school bus surveillance video provided to ABC News by the Hancock County School District, five Hancock Middle School students can be seen working as a team to stop the bus and assist Taylor.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Skogsbakken said the funding will be used to make sure Pace’s bus shields comply with specs dictated by the new transit legislation, which include requirements that shields stretch from floor to ceiling.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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This would be achieved by making the flying experience less like an airplane and more like an automobile, including replacing mechanical control linkages with fly-by-wire systems, even removing the traditional rudder pedals.—
David Szondy
April 25,
New Atlas,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Gem State ranked eighth in the nation in terms of fuel costs, the automobile association said.—
Hali Smith
April 24,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Apr. 2026
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Though former head coach Kyra Elzy was still at the helm at Kentucky at the point of O’Neal’s recruitment, O’Neal named UK as one of eight finalists in high school; the list also included Arizona State, Baylor, UCLA, Georgia Tech, LSU (her father’s alma mater) and Tennessee.—
Caroline Makauskas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Before that, Archibald was a high school assistant coach for five years and a college assistant coach at Wisconsin Lutheran for eight years.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The attacker got out of the van and punched the 74-year-old driver in the face, police said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Horner told a false story about hitting the little girl with his van and then strangling her in a panic, according to testimony of the case’s lead investigator, Texas Ranger Job Espinoza.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
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Faced with an enemy encirclement, the General ordered his troops to use their heavy armored wagons to provide cover.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
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Joined by four assistants with umbrellas and eyes on the train, Gaga and Maxwell walked by The Metropolitan Museum of Art with a wagon full of Champagne labeled Haus of Gaga behind them.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
1 May 2026
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“Minivan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minivan. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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