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as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end
used organized protests as a vehicle for change
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as in transportation
something used to carry goods or passengers
bought a larger vehicle after they had a third baby
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Recent Examples of vehicle
The purpose of any heat shield is to be sure the extreme temperatures that objects hitting Earth’s atmosphere experience don’t harm the crew or cargo inside the vehicle.
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Margaret Landis,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
Only vehicles with valid FIFA parking passes will be permitted to pass through road closures on match day surrounding the stadium.
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Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
Another man, who died after his vehicle crashed at Truman Road and Bennington Avenue, is also thought to have been shot by the same suspect, Becchina confirmed Wednesday.
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Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
For most passenger vehicles, the maximum drop fee allowed under state rules is $135.
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Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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Margaret Landis,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
Only vehicles with valid FIFA parking passes will be permitted to pass through road closures on match day surrounding the stadium.
—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
Another man, who died after his vehicle crashed at Truman Road and Bennington Avenue, is also thought to have been shot by the same suspect, Becchina confirmed Wednesday.
—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
For most passenger vehicles, the maximum drop fee allowed under state rules is $135.
—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicle
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Issued by the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, a state instrumentality created under the Wyoming Stable Token Act (2023), FRNT is fully reserved and managed in partnership with Franklin Templeton.
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Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.
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Doug Turnbull covers the traffic/transportation beat for WXIA-TV (11Alive).
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A lot of the journey has been on foot, but sometimes Cohen uses other forms of transportation, including a train to upstate New York that closely follows the historic route.
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The company’s instruments are useful to astronomers and are often found in remote observatories like Starfront.
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Some countries have moved to ban or block certain markets entirely, and in the United States, the rapid growth of event contracts has sparked an ongoing fight between federal regulators and state authorities over whether these products are closer to financial instruments or unlicensed gambling.
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Now, in Crimea, Kyiv is systematically targeting key transport links and supply routes connecting the peninsula to southern Russian forces, aiming to disrupt logistics and isolate military infrastructure there.
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Poland and Ukraine are using the event to finalize a new bilateral, intergovernmental pact designed to cover transport, energy, and logistics.
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But that may also make Iranian oil less attractive to China, which has been buying it at a discount because Iran under sanctions has few other means to sell.
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None of these senior members of this genocidal regime are good guys, by any means.
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But the fear of being snatched by ICE agents remains, Neel said.
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In all 11 host cities, federal agents are leading operations to keep drones away from match-day crowds.
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In a strange twist, the potential buyer reportedly smelled a rat and reached out to someone with the company, to make sure the machinery hadn’t been stolen.
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Kyodo News agency reported that the two Japanese nationals are employees of a major Japanese machinery maker, and one of them works at its Chinese subsidiary.
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Using a mechanism known as attention, transformers compare every token in a sequence to every other token in that sequence.
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The combination of heat and humidity can be dangerous for humans, because humidity impacts how sweat evaporates, and that’s a cooling mechanism.
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“Vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vehicle. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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