Thesaurus results for MINIVAN

minivan

noun

Definition of minivan

as in car

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Recent Examples of minivan Leanna chased the minivan and passed by a Ramsey County deputy in an unmarked Durango, charges say. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 The sixth-generation minivan rolling out in Denver was built with snowy weather in mind, Bonelli said. — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026 His post included clips from Deadpool & Wolverine that show Reynolds’ Deadpool coincidentally battling Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine inside a Honda Odyssey minivan for Marvel Studios’ smash hit. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 One reader even suggested a minivan should be in the running for the title. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for minivan

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Noun

When the sequence was complete, the roof had disappeared into the rear of the car, turning this enormous Cadillac into an open-top grand tourer.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026
But in other cases, cameras may be pointed toward a park that was used as an example in the demonstration, and not toward cars.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of car

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

Noun

That makes the potential financial exposure worth considering for owners of larger vehicles, particularly those with higher mileage or who rely on their truck or SUV for work or daily transportation.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Rodriguez, whom police didn’t identify by name, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and crashed into an unmarked gray SUV.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of SUV

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 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

Shortly after the attack, Hicks was put in the back of a van and brought to a hospital in Kuwait.

— Catherine Bouvet, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
The company recently raised its delivery outlook for the year from as low as 62,000 vehicles to as many as 70,000 due to demand, and said Amazon now has 40,000 Rivian electric delivery vans.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of van

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