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vehicles

noun

plural of vehicle
1
as in instrumentalities
something used to achieve an end used organized protests as a vehicle for change

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2
as in transports
something used to carry goods or passengers bought a larger vehicle after they had a third baby

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Recent Examples of vehicles What the bill means for classic cars, lowriders Maintaining vintage vehicles is a labor of love, and the biennial smog check requirement poses an additional challenge for collectors, as not all gas stations are equipped to provide this service. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Northbound Interstate 435 lanes in Shawnee were closed Wednesday afternoon following a crash involving seven vehicles, police said. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026 One of those vehicles was found abandoned and engulfed in flames near Detroit Avenue. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 The Chinese vehicles have so far been associated with specialized floating docks used to transport and launch them for testing. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026 At the facility, used vehicles undergo inspections, repairs, detailing, and photography in high-definition, 360-degree camera booths before being listed online. — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 17 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicles
  1. instruments
  2. transports
  3. means
  4. transportations
  5. agents
  6. conveyances
  7. organs
  8. factors
Noun
  • These customization options can be important when sapphire windows or lenses need to be integrated into existing optical instruments or specialized equipment.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • But what strengthens the party also weakens some of China’s instruments of power.
    — ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of instruments
Noun
  • Blaín recently expanded his business to include a logistics company, which imports, transports and stores goods for other businesses.
    — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The Dow Theory argues that a move higher in the industrials needs to be confirmed by a similar advance in the transports in order to be valid.
    — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of transports
Noun
  • But in the age of AC — and AI — the means of motion picture production can be constructed most anywhere.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Now, though, with FEMA money involved, residents have to show proof of residency through a utility bill, ID or other means.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of means
Noun
  • 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, 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
Definition of transportations
Noun
  • Patel later suggested that the scope of firings had been overblown, saying many agents had retired on their own.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Agents can call APIs, query databases, retrieve documents, invoke other models, generate files, trigger workflows, connect to SaaS platforms and even delegate work to other agents.
    — Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • The proposal would have generally banned e-bikes and other e-conveyances from playgrounds, parks and school grounds unless signs specifically allowed them.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Folsom city leaders are considering new regulations targeting e-bikes, electric scooters and other electric conveyances as complaints about unsafe riding and damage to parks continue.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of conveyances
Noun
  • Medicines that calm the immune system may be used for joint pain, rashes, or more serious problems affecting the lungs, nerves, or other organs.
    — Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026
  • According to the Cleveland Clinic, sepsis is a reaction to an infection that involves the immune system harming healthy tissues and organs.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of organs
Noun
  • Those factors help determine which exposures warrant commercial transfer and which the company can retain or finance through another structure.
    — Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Iren's neocloud contracts are now valued at $15 to $20 per watt or higher, depending on their duration and the extent of graphics processing unit generation, among other factors, per JPMorgan.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of factors

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