motorized

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Recent Examples of motorized Situated within Emerald Bay, the property offers 78 villas ranging from one to four bedrooms, two swimming pools, a beachfront with loungers and non-motorized watersports, four restaurants, and a spa. Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026 The Nasher includes one of John Chamberlain’s sculptures assembled from twisted metal parts, and a motorized Jean Tinguely contraption of miscellaneous rusty metal bits. Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026 When e-bikes first expanded into backcountry areas, critics warned motorized assistance would bring underprepared users into fragile environments. Kendall Hunter, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026 Marrujo is now choosing to honor his son by educating parents of the risks with children riding motorized bikes. Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for motorized
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorized
Adjective
  • The introduction of semi-automated technology has not made much difference, as there is still a protocol to follow that can take longer than the goal celebrations and spark doubt in the stands.
    Graham Scott, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • After a theft on March 23, the Sheriff’s Office was able to identify the suspect as a 53-year-old man from Union City after tracking a vehicle to a scrap metal facility using an automated camera.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Now, orders are taken with a computerized system.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • If the figures of Rosie the Riveter, Lillian Gilbreth, and Jane Fonda helped to establish ideas of twentieth-century smartness, then PAT, a glitchy computerized mother figure, carries us into the present.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Driving through deep water can also affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The notion that businesses should care about happiness arose with the increase of nonmanual jobs, said Alex Edmans, a finance professor at London Business School.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 May 2022
Adjective
  • Nolan Schanuel drove in automatic runner Adam Frazier with a one-out sacrifice fly in the 11th inning to lift the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-7 walk-off win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Accessibility There are plenty of elevators, wheelchair-accessible rooms, accessible parking, and wheelchair entrances with automatic doors for the lagoon entrance.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Seeing something on the moon, describing it, and composing a photograph from a very close distance is a different experience from viewing something from afar, or even seeing a close-up captured by a robotic camera.
    Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Now, Zhang and his team have gone one step further and trained a Unitree Go2 robotic dog using a large language model via AI tool GPT-4 to question and respond to cues from the user and the environment.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • These institutions are not self-operating.
    Ken Silverstein, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Rick explains that for self-operating providers, understanding that number is critical, yet nearly impossible without technical infrastructure and industry expertise.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Motorized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorized. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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