motor vehicles

plural of motor vehicle

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Recent Examples of motor vehicles Getting brighter Headlight regulation didn’t emerge from a single incident so much as from a steady mismatch between early motor vehicles and roads still designed for horses and pedestrians. Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026 For years, however, the righthand lane was a lane shared by both motor vehicles and bicycles. Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 There were 407 traffic stops and 144 traffic services, which includes debris removal, assisting with disabled or hazardous motor vehicles, according to state police on Friday. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2026 Monitor motor vehicles Dark features of a car, such as the seat or steering wheel, can reach temperatures over 180 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Laura Horne july 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026 Visitors played an interactive game to test their knowledge spanning a century of wireless technology, motor vehicles, and mobile communication inventions. Joanna Goodrich, IEEE Spectrum, 3 July 2026 House Bill 500 gives e-bike users the same legal protections from motor vehicles as regular bicyclists and pedestrians. Hali Smith july 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026 Wiseman said Canadian officials are more concerned currently with sector-specific tariffs of up to 50 percent on products like steel, aluminum and light motor vehicles. Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 17 June 2026 Note that Cades Cove Loop Road doesn't allow motor vehicles on Wednesdays from May through September, so cyclists and pedestrians can have the road all to themselves. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor vehicles
Noun
  • The corridor has the state’s highest congestion levels, seeing over 160,000 cars a day, according to NCDOT.
    DJ Simmons August 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The department is looking to buy eight Skydio X10 drones from Axon, the same company the department contracts with to surveil cars in the city.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • More than 4,000 of the electric buses are now operating across the country.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Guests then piled onto Routemaster buses to head to the party at the gymnasium, where two of the couple’s friends DJed and a soul band played.
    Jessica Salter, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • This pillow is designed for gaming chairs, office chairs and automobiles.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
  • Kumamoto and other parts of the Kyushu region have increasingly become key production sites for automobiles and semiconductors, raising concerns over a possible hit to the economy.
    USA Today, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • The case was first launched in April 2009, when Smith and a companion were hunting on snow machines and the elderly man’s machine broke through the ice covering the Ungalikthluk River, not far from Togiak, and sank.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Once machines can perform routine intellectual labor, entire classes of office work could face the same pressure that mechanization brought to manual trades.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • That includes carbon-ceramic brakes, standard Magnetic Ride Control suspension, and even optional carbon fiber wheels, all wrapped by the widebody shape that gives the Grand Sport and Grand Sport X a more aggressive look than the base Stingray.
    Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Automobile horns echoed here and there in the distance, and as the government railway train departed the station under the bridge, a string of small lights heralded the far-off clacking of its wheels.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Motor vehicles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20vehicles. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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