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motorcade

noun

ˈmō-tər-ˌkād How to pronounce motorcade (audio)
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 Among the incidents was a drone that made contact with President Obama’s motorcade in 2015 and another flown about 200 feet over a rally for then-presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The employees attended Vance's speech at the steel plant, where his grandfather worked as a welder for nearly 40 years, and rode in the vice president's motorcade. — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2026 The president and the first lady were in the Beast as the motorcade was making its way around the track before the green flag dropped. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Crowds cheered as the motorcade drove around the track ahead of the race. — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for motorcade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorcade
  1. fleet
  2. convoy
  3. procession
  4. parade
Noun
  • The fleet now has more than 17,000 drivers, and Walmart has expanded from holding classes once every three months to bringing in a new class every month.
    — Alice Barlow, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Updating the existing fleet RTX revealed that operators of existing GTF engines will also have access to some of the durability improvements.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of fleet
Noun
  • Then, just ahead of first light on September 22, 2025, an RCMP convoy was spotted on the highway that isn’t on the way to anywhere else.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The attack comes a day after a roadside bomb struck a security forces convoy in the northwestern Hangu district and killed six soldiers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of convoy
Noun
  • In the capital, worshippers carried a fragment of Donskoy’s relics through the streets in a procession led by Kirill.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • On one canvas, a woman prunes a plant and a cook tends his stove atop amid a procession of celestial beings.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of procession
Noun
  • Last year, the group was banned from the university’s homecoming parade before a federal judge ruled that their removal was likely a violation of the First Amendment.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
  • There’s also a parade of comic supporting turns that recalls those classic Hawks and Sturges comedies in the breadth and depth of the character actors Cassavetes employs.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of parade

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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcade. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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