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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
In addition to WeRide and Pony AI, Baidu is also expanding its robotaxi offerings through its Apollo Go vehicles.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Keep a distance from high profile vehicles such as trucks, buses and vehicles towing trailers.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The permits that both companies have received to test and operate their self-driving vehicles became a contentious issue in the lead up to the listings.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
The five vehicles here span eras, from the first combat tank of the First World War to the state-of-the-art machines of the late 20th century, but each set a new benchmark in protection, mobility, firepower, or mass production.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Goals for Musk over the next decade include the company's delivering 20 million vehicles, having 1 million robotaxis in operation, selling 1 million robots and earning as much as $400 billion in core profit.
—Retuers, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Hurst spoke of the ways Amazon is looking to utilize new technologies to serve customers and reduce emissions—from minimizing packaging to electrifying fleets of delivery vehicles.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
France’s Movie Car Central Museum is working with Bonhams|Cars to auction off a collection of 50 two- and four-wheel vehicles from the big and small screen later this month.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
Ford Motor is recalling 227,006 vehicles in the United States for issues ranging from air bubbles in windshield glass to loose seat frames, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Thursday.
—Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Keep a distance from high profile vehicles such as trucks, buses and vehicles towing trailers.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The permits that both companies have received to test and operate their self-driving vehicles became a contentious issue in the lead up to the listings.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
The five vehicles here span eras, from the first combat tank of the First World War to the state-of-the-art machines of the late 20th century, but each set a new benchmark in protection, mobility, firepower, or mass production.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Goals for Musk over the next decade include the company's delivering 20 million vehicles, having 1 million robotaxis in operation, selling 1 million robots and earning as much as $400 billion in core profit.
—Retuers, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Hurst spoke of the ways Amazon is looking to utilize new technologies to serve customers and reduce emissions—from minimizing packaging to electrifying fleets of delivery vehicles.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
France’s Movie Car Central Museum is working with Bonhams|Cars to auction off a collection of 50 two- and four-wheel vehicles from the big and small screen later this month.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
Ford Motor is recalling 227,006 vehicles in the United States for issues ranging from air bubbles in windshield glass to loose seat frames, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Thursday.
—Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicles
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The doggy school bus, operated by Hope Mehlberg, transports between 22 and 26 dogs of all kinds of breeds, sizes and ages every day, picking them up from their homes and taking them to a three-acre park, where the dogs play and socialize with each other, Mehlberg previously told USA TODAY.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Today, there are hopes of reviving supersonic travel on a large scale, with a number of companies across the world working on a new generation of Mach+ transports.—
David Szondy
October 28,
New Atlas,
28 Oct. 2025
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Any financial instruments mentioned herein are speculative in nature and may involve risk to principal and interest.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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This is colonialism not only in political form but in practice—the transformation of land, water, and people into instruments of someone else’s security.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
10 Nov. 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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The problem is that the objective optimized by the algorithm is good for the people who control the means of prediction…but not good for the rest of society.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Then Vice President Cheney condemned those behind the torture scandal, while at the same time defending water-boarding as a useful means of extracting vital intelligence (many intelligence experts say water-boarding is torture, and its victims will say anything to avoid further abuse).—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Nobody is making the elevator repair companies or the landlords actually fix problematic conveyances.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
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In the end, the court found that these conveyances by Kanai were illicit but rejected CAHA’s unjust enrichment claim regarding his use of complimentary Avalanche tickets without reimbursing the nonprofit.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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Polls show that economic impacts are driving the voting bloc the most and Latino businesses across the country, from Miami to Los Angeles, are seeing a drop in foot traffic because of ICE agents targeting their communities.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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But in 1991, federal agents charged him with lying and continuing to traffic drugs.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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In addition to earlier detection, the study from GRAIL, a biotechnology company, showed that its multi-cancer early detection (MCED) testing method found cancers in organs that don't have routine screening tests.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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In healthcare, a thin robotic endoscope could move inside the body without damaging tissue, reaching internal organs safely.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Finding short fragments of DNA less than 40 base pairs long is an initial positive indicator of older DNA, but other environmental factors might be at play, according to Elena Irene Zavala, an assistant professor in forensic genetics at the University of Copenhagen.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Some dietary supplements can help with bloating by improving factors like gut bacteria, digestion, and the gut’s protective barrier.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Vehicles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vehicles. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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