transportations

plural of transportation
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as in rides
a means of getting to a destination in a vehicle driven by another I'm without transportation tonight, so I can't meet you at the movies

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as in vehicles
something used to carry goods or passengers right now my bike is my only transportation

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Recent Examples of transportations Sacramento International Airport transportations security officers received some pay Monday — their first paycheck in over a month — as the partial government shutdown continues. Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026 Mayoral press conferences and news releases began to include a running tally of involuntary transportations—an acknowledgment, perhaps, of some outer limit to the power of asking nicely from a screen. Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026 In Arizona, our driving laws are influenced by factors like busy freeways in metro Phoenix, monsoon season flooding, outdated transportations modes and distracted driving laws. Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Federal regulators are opening an investigation into whether Tesla’s new steering-wheel-free taxis comply with safety rules, a day after the company began offering rides in the vehicles.
    Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Thousands of people signed up for rides as early as Tuesday, when the fully electric vehicles launched in San Diego, Denver and Tampa.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • Fort Lauderdale police told the Herald that their 88-camera network has already catalogued over 174 million vehicles, roughly 1,000 times the city’s population.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Musk plans to integrate Cybercabs, which lack manual controls that passengers could use to take over in an emergency, into the company’s existing cab service, which until now has used only conventional Tesla vehicles.
    Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

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“Transportations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transportations. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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