as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines

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Recent Examples of motorcade His motorcade, which included a large security detail, left the airport from the back entrance and drove to a 70-foot yacht which took the Vances out to sea for several hours. Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025 Online footage began to circulate of a C-17 motorcade entering the Disneyland Park in Anaheim. Jasmine Mendez follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025 Once Trump and his immediate entourage arrive on Sunday, staff at MetLife may halt traffic around the entrance being used to ensure his motorcade can enter safely. Elias Burke, New York Times, 12 July 2025 Noah Tobin, a Navy special warfare boat operator from Valley Center who died in a parachute training accident in Porterville last week, was taken to an Escondido funeral home Monday by a motorcade that covered about 270 miles. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for motorcade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorcade
Noun
  • Nearly 5 million EVs are already on American roads, a figure that represents 2% of the total passenger vehicle fleet.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Founded by Andrew Petersen in 1914 when West Hartford was largely farmland, the business at one time maintained a fleet of more than 40 milk delivery trucks and manufactured its own ice cream on the second floor of the restaurant building.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • When a military convoy rumbles past, no one seems to notice.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
  • More than 1,000 people have been killed by Israeli fire since May while seeking aid in the territory, most near the GHF sites but also near United Nations aid convoys, the U.N. human rights office said last month.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Osbourne's family — including wife Sharon and his kids Louis, Aimee, Kelly and Jack — said their final goodbyes to the rocker during an emotional funeral procession on July 30 in Birmingham, England.
    Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The procession also visited Villa Park, BBC News reports.
    Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Friends of Masons organized the first caravan five years ago and approached the city last year about replacing it with a downtown parade, similar to the one held for the Fourth of July but as a gathering that would put the spotlight on Hispanic culture, Ortiz said.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Attendees can look forward to a parade, health fair, neighborhood market, interfaith worship service and a drag pageant as part of the milestone celebration.
    Evan Moore August 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcade. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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