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 Trump’s motorcade from Qatar’s Doha airport was flanked by bright red Tesla cybertrucks and riders on horseback. Natasha Turak, CNBC, 16 May 2025 Vance’s motorcade, according to the Associated Press, was on Vatican territory for just 17 minutes. Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Apr. 2025 Trump has also ordered for the unsealing of documents about the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. JFK was fatally shot during a presidential motorcade in Dallas in November 1963. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025 As part of the welcome fanfare in Qatar his motorcade was escorted by royal camels. Mark Kortepeter, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for motorcade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorcade
Noun
  • The resort also uses a fleet of electric vehicles for day-to-day operations.
    Julie Olum, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2025
  • Jeep and Dodge maker Stellantis, meanwhile, recently partnered with U.S.-based Ample to integrate battery swapping technology to a fleet of 100 Fiat 500 EVs in Madrid, Spain.
    Dylan Butts,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Efforts by the United Nations to distribute the food have been plagued by armed gangs looting trucks and by crowds of desperate people off-loading supplies from convoys.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
  • Panthers take Stanley for a walk The buses in the convoy carried all members of the Panthers organization — players, coaches, training staff, front office staff, hockey operations staff, promotions staff.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Later that morning, other Cornell on Fire activists held up a banner for students and faculty marching in the graduation procession to see.
    Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • The elegant procession of gentlemen dressed in designer Simon Holloway’s modern English menswear wardrobe was transporting.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers fly over Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 7, 2017.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
  • Conversely, hard power is demonstrated by, say, a military exercise, such as a parade featuring tanks.
    Jennifer Boulanger, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025

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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcade. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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