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 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 Jacquelyn Martin - Pool / Getty Images His motorcade arrived at the Vatican along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife, Jeanette Rubio. Nbc News, NBC news, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for motorcade
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Noun
  • Concerns once again arose last month when the White House accepted a $400 million Boeing 747 from Qatar to add to Trump’s Air Force One fleet.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 16 June 2025
  • The largest motor yacht in the Dutch yard’s fleet is Infinity.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • This article was updated to reflect OCHA’s statement saying Palestinians were killed waiting for food rations arriving in U.N. convoys.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 18 June 2025
  • At other moments, towns have seen their power cut and cartel convoys parade through their communities.
    Edgar H. Clemente, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • The procession with more than 6,000 soldiers and 128 Army tanks was one Trump tried to make happen in his first term after seeing such an event in Paris in 2017, but the plans didn't come together until this year, when the parade was added to an event recognizing the Army's 250th anniversary.
    LOLITA C. BALDOR, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
  • The procession is expected to begin at 6:30 p.m. ET and will last about an hour and a half, until approximately 7:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET, USA TODAY previously reported.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Several patriotic and celebratory songs were played during the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary parade and President Donald Trump's unofficial birthday party on June 14.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 16 June 2025
  • Over the weekend, just blocks away from President Trump’s June 14 military parade in Washington, D.C., the third annual DC/DOX got underway.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 June 2025

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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcade. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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