as in trailer
a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling
sales of recreational vehicles typically go down when gas prices go up
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Recent Examples of recreational vehicle
The Technology Impact Fund of asset management firm Capricorn Investment Group and recreational vehicle (RV) manufacturer Thor Industries co-led the financing round.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 18 Nov. 2025
Two people were found dead early Monday inside of a recreational vehicle that caught fire near the unincorporated community of Live Oak Springs in southeastern San Diego County.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
The advisory highlights the risks posed particularly to high-profile vehicles such as recreational vehicles, campers, and tractor trailers, and underscores the need for caution on affected highways and local roads.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
The rest included recreational vehicles, farm equipment and construction vehicles.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 18 Nov. 2025
Two people were found dead early Monday inside of a recreational vehicle that caught fire near the unincorporated community of Live Oak Springs in southeastern San Diego County.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
The advisory highlights the risks posed particularly to high-profile vehicles such as recreational vehicles, campers, and tractor trailers, and underscores the need for caution on affected highways and local roads.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
The rest included recreational vehicles, farm equipment and construction vehicles.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recreational vehicle
trailer
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Keep a distance from high profile vehicles such as trucks, buses and vehicles towing trailers.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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In 1999, an arson attack on a trailer home concealed the corpses of a couple, Danny and Kathy Freeman, but the bodies of their daughter Ashley and her best friend Lauria Bible were never found.—
Rebecca Hannigan,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Recreational vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreational%20vehicle. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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