as in cars
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
a convention for those who love antique motorcars
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Recent Examples of motorcars
In the 1920s, Rolls-Royce was producing experimental motorcars.
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Morgan Korn, ABC News, 8 May 2026
When motorcars were new, gasoline worked more like a service than a product, let alone a commodity.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2026
Morgan Korn, ABC News, 8 May 2026
When motorcars were new, gasoline worked more like a service than a product, let alone a commodity.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorcars
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Because of that, that black carbon has about 540 times bigger climate effect than black carbon that's released from surface sources like ships, cars and power plants.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
18 May 2026
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Beijing controls the supply chain for many obscure minerals that are critical components of smartphones, cars and weapons.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Like a vibrantly hued snake darting down the narrow branch of a tree, the collective of high-performance automobiles rapidly navigates the narrow, serpentine artery along the Northeastern Italian coast, a quicksilver-like tracing of the border between Il Bel Paese and Slovenia.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
11 May 2026
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After the Second World War, streetcar usage declined precipitously, as many white middle-class and working-class Angelenos bought automobiles and moved out of the city’s core.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Keep a distance from high profile vehicles such as trucks, buses and vehicles towing trailers.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
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Don't tail large vehicles closely - Trucks or buses can kick up a water spray that obstructs visibility.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 May 2026
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Unlike larger Chinese and Western machines, Skydrive’s SD-05 is deliberately designed to be highly compact, in order to operate in crowded Asian megacities like Tokyo, Delhi and Jakarta.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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On Tuesday, China’s Unitree Robotics unveiled a nearly 9-foot-tall humanoid robot with a cockpit capable of carrying a human inside — a real-world nod to the mecha machines that many sci-fi fans have long dreamed of, or feared.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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“Motorcars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcars. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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