Thesaurus results for MOTORCADES

motorcades

noun

plural of motorcade

as in fleets

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 motorcades Tianzhu was one of the most visible sporting venues in China, sitting just off an airport route heavily traveled by motorcades carrying the country’s top leaders. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 14 July 2026 Eventually, one by one, the distinguished company slipped back into waiting motorcades. — Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 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 Officials say travelers should plan ahead, remain flexible and anticipate occasional disruptions, including possible motorcades for VIP guests. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 15 June 2026 Hassan has one of the continent’s longest motorcades. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 Advertisement The hierarchy of the event was also hard to miss, with homeless people reportedly evicted from the road leading to the venue and VIP motorcades shutting down the city with little regard for its residents. — Billy Perrigo, Time, 20 Feb. 2026 The corps accompanied motorcades and served as messengers. — La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 24 Nov. 2025

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Noun

The spacecraft there are one-of-a-kind or operate in small fleets.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
Meanwhile, CoreWeave operates within the high-yield market with a Ba3 rating, relying on complex private debt structures to finance its GPU hardware fleets.

— Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 July 2026

Definition of fleets

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The parades — accompanied by dances, music and song — draw large crowds and tourists every year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Another term for a certain kind of planetary alignment, planet parades are what happens when planets line up along the ecliptic in a straight line and appear to us on Earth to be marching across the night sky, according to NASA.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of parades

Noun

To show evil forces and spirits that their god would confront them, devotees carried him around the city in processions that resembled those seen throughout Kyoto today.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Local processions also take place in Twelver Shiʿah communities around the world for those who cannot make the pilgrimage in Iraq.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 July 2026

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