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as in instrumentalities
something used to achieve an end
used organized protests as a vehicle for change
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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
Maintain a safe distance from large vehicles - Trucks or buses can produce a water spray that hampers visibility.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Emergency services deployed 62 rescuers and 22 support vehicles to the crash, according to local media.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
In a Saturday email obtained by the AP, CDC’s security office asked employees to scrape old CDC parking decals off their vehicles.
—Jeff Amy, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
The damage to vehicles stopped about halfway between Spaulding Avenue and Palmer Avenue.
—Mathew Schumer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
Those elements are essential ingredients in the magnets used by electric vehicles, drones, defense systems, robotics, wind turbines and other advanced technologies.
—John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
This is quite normal and happens on many vehicles.
—John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
The Air Force is also seeking out 31 other vehicles, including sedans and bongo trucks, to similarly likely use as missile targets.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Emergency services deployed 62 rescuers and 22 support vehicles to the crash, according to local media.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
In a Saturday email obtained by the AP, CDC’s security office asked employees to scrape old CDC parking decals off their vehicles.
—Jeff Amy, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
The damage to vehicles stopped about halfway between Spaulding Avenue and Palmer Avenue.
—Mathew Schumer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
Those elements are essential ingredients in the magnets used by electric vehicles, drones, defense systems, robotics, wind turbines and other advanced technologies.
—John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
This is quite normal and happens on many vehicles.
—John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
The Air Force is also seeking out 31 other vehicles, including sedans and bongo trucks, to similarly likely use as missile targets.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicles
Noun
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Little’s office authorized up to $300,000 from his emergency fund to pay for the transports.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Sep. 2025
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Organizers reported more than 30 medical transports to hospitals during the event.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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For someone who’d spent much of the 2010s crashing on friends’ floors, having her own bass technician and eight different instruments in her rig was a huge change.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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This is particularly critical for firms trading illiquid or fragmented instruments.—
Ashok Reddy,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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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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In the beginning of August, agents located a 38-foot center-console boat with three outboard engines behind a Dania Beach home.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the first week of January, Bovino sent 60 agents hundreds of miles to Bakersfield, California, to make 78 arrests at farms and businesses.—
Elliot Spagat,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With complete antiballistic missile means, China can significantly contain the enemy's strategic strike capabilities, which is of great significance.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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His or her voice is the means by which the author’s work is bodied forth, and is the main channel along which thought and feeling are to flow.—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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No team can carve the organs out of its fan base with a blowtorch and rusty pliers quite like the Browns.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Therfe are also the transversus abdominus muscles that sit deeper in your abdomen and help stabilize the trunk and shield your organs.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To infer causality or intent within those actions is even more difficult, if not impossible, when so many other factors are at play beyond Paqueta’s control.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Many other factors play into how bills are ultimately calculated.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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These centers offer further incentives to tech companies looking for enterprise customers.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Further billions are earmarked for technology upgrades, partnerships with state and local law enforcement, and retention incentives for ICE personnel.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Vehicles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vehicles. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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