motor vehicles

plural of motor vehicle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of motor vehicles Recent administrative executive orders expanded tariffs beyond traditional sectors to encompass general industrial supplies, motor vehicles, specialized machinery, consumer paper and plastic products and building materials. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026 The measure would have reopened a two-mile stretch of the road to cars and trucks on weekdays and kept the road closed to motor vehicles on weekends and holidays. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 And fourth, when writing and passing the Clean Air Act, Congress specifically chose to preempt state regulations on emissions from new motor vehicles. — Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 Last year, the city recorded 112 pedestrian deaths, of which 105 involved motor vehicles. — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 The biggest bear killers by far in Central Florida are motor vehicles, blamed for killing 1,545 bears in the region in the past 10 years, including 219 in 2025, the most since 2021 when 242 bears died on the region’s roadways. — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026 Eligible cars would receive special license plates denoting the car as a historic vehicle and be insured as collector motor vehicles. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor vehicles
Noun
  • That difference makes city cars, delivery vehicles and stationary storage more promising applications than long-range EVs.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The pavilion includes a gym, a sports court, a steam room and lifts for 20 cars.
    — Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • During her 2024 reelection campaign, Miami-Dade’s Democratic mayor, Daniella Levine Cava, put her name on county buses.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • At least 33 people were killed last month when Russia hit two civilian buses in Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Black and yellow signs along the way promoted the opening of Yellowstone National Park to automobiles.
    — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • People have been wishing for flying cars since the earliest days of flight and automobiles.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • That information could also support navigation across the robot swarm, allowing its different machines to share observations and coordinate their movements.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Complimentary rentals are available via a trio of machines on the hotel’s second floor.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • From January through the end of August this year — the most recent month for which Federal Aviation Administration data is available — planes landing at O’Hare averaged 20 minutes to taxi to their gates once their wheels hit the ground.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • So while the tank was resting on the road wheels that help keep the tracks in tension, trying to tow it would likely just cause the massive vehicle to dig in.
    — Stephen Edelstein, The Drive, 7 Nov. 2026

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“Motor vehicles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20vehicles. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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