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 It was not known what dignitaries were in the motorcade. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 June 2026 No road closures are scheduled, but high traffic volume, motorcades, special vehicles and thousands of pedestrians milling about downtown will be just as prohibitive. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 15 June 2026 While this is going on, the motorcade of the president and the House speaker is attacked and the president kidnapped. — Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026 Those had to be canceled for his motorcade and grand entrance into the Garden. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for motorcade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorcade
  1. fleet
  2. convoy
  3. procession
  4. parade
Noun
  • In came a fleet of role players tasked with alleviating the burden Cade Cunningham has carried to generate all of Detroit’s offense.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • Every Imax auditorium around the world is wired with microphones and image sensors that report back to Imax head-quarters, which monitors the entire fleet of screens around the clock.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 25 July 2026
Definition of fleet
Noun
  • The final vehicles before the arrival of the race convoy are hurriedly rushed off-course, officials in dark blue polo shirts whistling them through.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • The military convoy was leaving the northern town of Anefis and headed to Gao city when it was ambushed in the Sahara desert.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Definition of convoy
Noun
  • The procession will be followed by a funeral service at the First Baptist Church of Columbia.
    — Irit Skulnik, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • The motorcycle procession included a police escort for safety.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
Definition of procession
Noun
  • Hundreds of thousands of people are expected Saturday to join Berlin's pride parade, known in Germany as Christopher Street Day.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • Before the incident, people had celebrated peacefully, marching through the city for hours, dancing to loud music, and cheering the around 80 floats that participated in the parade.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Definition of parade

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