Definition of motorcadenext
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 She was delayed to the ice after being stuck behind Vice President JD Vance's motorcade. Sean Nevin, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026 His large motorcade was spotted delaying traffic around the stadium on Friday. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026 There are many, many shots like this throughout the film, and the multiple motorcade-to-private plane transitions would seem to imply that the first lady spends much of her life in a giant SUV. Elizabeth Spiers, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2026 There, Brandon became known for his ongoing investigation into air pollution at a paper mill part-owned by NFL owner Robert Kraft, including his attempt to get an interview with Kraft by waving down his police motorcade. CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for motorcade
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Noun
  • The fleet will start replacing the Navy’s aging Ohio-class submarines by the 2030s and will remain operational till 2084.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Auer, as Betty, offers a fleet, brutal portrait of a mother moving through grief, weepily passing from denial to acceptance.
    Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There has to be some whiplash going from a glamorous party to Cuba and joining the convoy.
    Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026
  • This week, as part of an ongoing international convoy to help Cuba, European activists delivered more than four tons of medical supplies to the island.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The ensemble came on stage holding candles and did a procession.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • These moving, samba-playing processions have been running since the early 1900s, though the origins of Carnival go further back still.
    Laura French, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Finally, if you’re ever called on to drive in a parade, a convertible is the only way to go.
    Jason Fogelson, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The district also has participated for years in the city’s annual Cesar Chavez parade, which Austin leaders canceled Wednesday.
    Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026

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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcade. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.

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