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motor vehicle

noun

Definition of motor vehiclenext
as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16

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Recent Examples of motor vehicle Sanchez was charged with one felony count of battery resulting in bodily injury, plus misdemeanor charges of unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, public intoxication endangering the life of another and battery resulting in bodily injury. — Matt Schubert, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Sanchez was charged with a level five felony of battery involving serious bodily injury, as well as the misdemeanors of battery resulting in injury, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The fee helps fund the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority, which gives grants to law enforcement agencies to fight vehicle theft and other motor vehicle crimes. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026 Henry Hale Bliss became the first person in the United States to die in a motor vehicle collision. — USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for motor vehicle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor vehicle
  1. car
  2. bus
  3. automobile
  4. machine
  5. wheels
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
  • 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
  • These pioneers fully expected that machines would one day surpass humans—that AGI would become ASI, or artificial superintelligence—because there’s no reason to expect that humans are the pinnacle of intelligence.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Gauthier has in a short time already proved himself as a shot-volume machine and dangerous goal scorer at the NHL level.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of machine
Noun
  • Elimar, the ground floor restaurant, buzzes at breakfast with a spectacular spread including giant wheels of parmesan and sides of prosciutto, fruit, egg and pancake stations, and a gluten-free section.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The plane remained airborne without flaring the nose to force the wheels onto the ground.
    — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of wheels

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“Motor vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20vehicle. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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