vehicle

noun

ˈvē-ə-kəl How to pronounce vehicle (audio)
Definition of vehiclenext
1
as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end used organized protests as a vehicle for change

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2
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 Topping it all off is a separate guesthouse and keys to the private Riviera II Beach, plus an attached two-car garage and an expansive motor court with extra parking for up to six vehicles. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026 From golf carts to snowmobiles, Foremost covers vehicles and scenarios other insurers don't. — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026 Noozhawk reported that a public affairs staff vehicle and cars carrying journalists from Noozhawk, KEYT, KSYB and the Santa Maria Times/Lompoc Record had pulled off to the side of a road to allow all media vehicles to clear base security. — James Powel, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 The agency plans to land astronauts on the surface of the moon aboard a Starship lunar landing vehicle on the Artemis IV mission in late 2028. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vehicle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicle
  1. instrumentality
  2. transportation
  3. instrument
  4. transport
  5. means
  6. agent
  7. machinery
  8. mechanism
Noun
  • 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.
    — Jason Brett, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.
    — Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025
Definition of instrumentality
Noun
  • And with the war in Iran already driving up energy and transportation costs, businesses have less room to absorb another hit.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • There was a standing ovation in a Black church in South Carolina when Buttigieg was credited for helping bring millions of federal dollars to the area for a project as President Joe Biden’s transportation secretary.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of transportation
Noun
  • When a buyback operation retires $4 billion of 30-year bonds, that borrowing need grows by $4 billion, and with coupon auction sizes frozen, the marginal instrument is the bill.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • That’s exactly what happened with money market funds, another savings instrument that the banks fought using questionable arguments, only to be proven wrong.
    — Omid Malekan, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of instrument
Noun
  • That, in turn, makes less ground transport available, increasing the cost of shipping overland and raising the price on a wide range of goods that never even transited the canal.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers say the ancient escarpment may have influenced river systems, sediment transport and the flooding of continental interiors long before the rapid diversification of complex life during the Cambrian explosion.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of transport
Noun
  • Ballistic missile attacks have increased civilian casualties and infrastructure damage across Ukraine - and Patriots are the only means of shooting them down.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Creamer’s group then sued O’Keefe and Maass over the video and their means of achieving the undercover clips.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of means
Noun
  • Yet after initially acknowledging the economic struggle, the government once again accused the protesters of being foreign agents before unleashing one of the worst crackdowns in the Islamic Republic’s history.
    — Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Emmie – as a skit featuring Epic employees dressed as colorful AI agents illustrated – is designed to answer common questions more reliably than general-use chatbots.
    — Michael L. Millenson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of agent
Noun
  • Stripe has spent two years assembling the machinery to bill software by consumption, and this deal moves it to where that consumption originates.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Still, when federal contractors began using heavy machinery in the national park to clear land earlier this month, tensions rose again and questions were renewed about their plans.
    — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of machinery
Noun
  • Booking through this system is the only mechanism that guarantees a transit date for vessels.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Athletic has previously detailed the mechanisms of the new rules in some depth but, to refresh, SCR is a financial rule first introduced by UEFA in June 2022, and first operated in the 2023-24 season.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of mechanism

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