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 Foundations are required to distribute at least 5 percent of their assets annually, a rule created precisely to prevent charitable vehicles from becoming indefinite tax shelters. — Nick Allardice, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 Some shops with specific scan tools that have special programming functions can permanently shut off the start/stop system on certain vehicles. — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 Residents posted videos on social media that showed vehicles stranded in high water, a power pole being toppled by rushing water and flooded intersections. — Nbc News, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026 Listening for underwater drones Unlike aircraft, which can often be detected using radar, underwater vehicles operate in an environment where radio waves travel poorly. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026 And yet, pension plans typically need stable investment vehicles. — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Then Cox-Rosen found another jam on I-75 southbound at the South 120 Loop (Exit 263), where four or five vehicles and a box truck tangled. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Also in the parade ranks were new uncrewed submersible vehicles – underwater drones, stealthy in their own right, that could pose a threat to any of Beijing’s adversaries. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Since installing Flock cameras in an Ohio parks district, the rate of thefts from vehicles parked in its lots has plummeted approximately 80% since 2024, a parks spokeswoman said. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicles
  1. instruments
  2. transports
  3. means
  4. transportations
  5. agents
  6. conveyances
  7. organs
  8. factors
Noun
  • Webb’s NIRCam and MIRI instruments produced dramatically different views of the object, showing how different infrared wavelengths can reveal different components of the same stellar death scene.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Scrub technologists and circulating nurses prepare and manage instruments, maintain sterility, position the patient with millimeter precision for complex spine or cranial approaches, and anticipate needs before they are spoken.
    — Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of instruments
Noun
  • Built in 1953, Line 5 transports up to 540,000 barrels of crude oil and natural gas liquids.
    — Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This smooth cream ale perfectly blends together pineapple and coconut, inspired by the famously tropical cocktail and transports you straight to island life.
    — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 21 July 2026
Definition of transports
Noun
  • Because having a major LLM now adopt automatic watermarking of all its AI outputs has caused masses of people to rush to find a means to defeat the watermarking.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Defense attorney Steve Haney argued that there was no evidence Rinderknecht started the blaze, that the fire could have been started by a firework or other means and that the fire scene was not secured.
    — Sierra van der Brug, Daily News, 15 Aug. 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
  • Cheap inference also creates elasticity, since agents that can afford to run continuously consume far more.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Hennepin County’s top prosecutor calls the interstate clash over Castro’s transfer a needless test of states’ duty to honor extradition — and of whether federal agents can evade accountability.
    — Mark Vancleave, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • More room for all on board is needed due to the mobility conveyances of our oldest and youngest.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
  • The car's design is radical compared to Jaguar's modern conveyances.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of conveyances
Noun
  • This deep layer of abdominal muscle wraps around your spine, helping to hold in your internal organs and keep you upright.
    — Andee Tagle, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026
  • As one of the most important organs in the body, the heart needs to function properly under all circumstances, even during stressful situations such as imminent danger.
    — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of organs
Noun
  • Other factors, including enormous public debt piles, are also contributing to elevated yields.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Yes, the recent increase in roster spending at Texas Tech factors into this, but McGuire had posted three consecutive winning seasons before last year, the second Tech coach ever to begin a tenure with such a run.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of factors

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