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as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish
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Recent Examples of motor
Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Raytheon, for instance, is integrating Shield AI’s software into loitering munitions and working with Anduril on rocket motors.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Chris Arnold, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
The tier officer turned a switch and Mulumba’s cell motored open.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Small crafts include owners of small to medium sized motor and sail boats, affecting fisherman, para-sailors, windsurfers and canoe paddlers.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Raytheon, for instance, is integrating Shield AI’s software into loitering munitions and working with Anduril on rocket motors.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
The suspect fled the scene, motoring his boat toward the Intracoastal Waterway.
—Chris Arnold, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
The tier officer turned a switch and Mulumba’s cell motored open.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor
Noun
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While Brockman took on a less public-facing role at the company after Altman became CEO in 2019, to many inside the company, Brockman is both the engine and the metronome of OpenAI.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Initially the orbit will be 120 hours and highly elliptical, but managers plan a second burn of the engines that will allow VERITAS to circle the planet in only 10 hours.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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After the fight, Meza grabbed a revolver from his car and shot Christina.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Once on Provo, a Parrot Cay representative will pick you up from the airport for the 15-20 minute car ride to Parrot Cay’s private dock.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Researchers also discovered that dark energy had not always been dominant, appearing to begin its rule and start speeding up the expansion of the universe around 5 billion years ago, or roughly 9 billion years after the Big Bang.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The vehicle reportedly sped into a shopping plaza, where the incident — captured on video — unfolded.—
Bonny Chu , Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Not in any explicit way—my father wasn’t the cranky, alcoholic ex-minor league baseball player who drove around Los Angeles with his pool cleaning equipment in the back of his Cadillac convertible played by Matthau.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Holcomb had driven all the way from Heber Springs with her daughter at the prospect of free food.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
4 Nov. 2025
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In addition to being non-slip, super absorbent, and machine-washable, it’s currently marked down 47 percent for Prime members.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Its vast chambers have been used to study the aerodynamics of wind turbines, trucks, and automobiles, helping improve efficiency and reduce drag across industries.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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For now, South Korea is stuck with a 25% tariff on automobiles, putting automakers such as Hyundai and Kia at a disadvantage against Japanese and European competitors, which face 15%.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Like me — a reluctant movie guy who never liked racing, and now somehow has three racecars.—
Chris Cardillo,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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Toyota already has a rich history racing those events in truck/car classes, so why not stamp its name on a separate page of the books?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
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In the 1960s, Jay Sebring made a giant leap from middle-class Michigan boy and Navy veteran to stylist to the stars, tooling around Hollywood in his Shelby Cobra convertible and jetting off to cut the hair of Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra and more.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Guests staying at the Beach Club have indulgent perks like a complimentary 15-minute ride on the adorable Sorbetto Fiat boat that tools around Lake Boca.—
Angela Caraway-Carlton,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Motor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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