Thesaurus results for CAR

car

noun

ˈkär

Definition of car

as in automobile

a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels every teenager's dream of getting a driver's license and a first car

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Recent Examples of car Having some of the coolest-looking cars racing today certainly helps, whether that’s the (mostly) hybrid prototypes or the GTs, racing versions of road-going cars from Porsche, Ferrari, and others. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026 Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, needed surgery for a broken leg after being hit by a car Saturday, said Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL Houston, an immigrant rights organization that is helping the man's family. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 But area residents are known to host watch parties and wait near railroad tracks in hopes of seeing the holiday lights on the traveling train cars. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Clean your car full of garbage elsewhere and don’t hold up a line of customers. — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for car

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Noun

Kering, which welcomed veteran automobile executive Luca de Meo as chief executive officer in September 2025, seems in a mood to shake up the group’s creative ranks.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
The group's calculations exclude automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of automobile

Noun

There were earlier versions of this story that were openly mocking of Kip, versions that threw Leo under the bus for being too sly; versions that were too overtly political; versions with ghosts that didn’t need to be there, and so on.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
His thoughts postgame weren’t on boarding a bus for the 2-hour, 15-minute ride back to southeast Kansas.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of bus

Noun

Being part of a tank crew means being exposed to high levels of noise and vibration in a huge machine that's constantly bouncing you about like a pea in a tin.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
The gang had orchestrated a $40 million fraud scheme that was based on accessing the ATM machines.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of machine

Noun

In the cursed days of auto-sync, pre-mixed sets, and the celebrity spinner, few have done as much to defend the noble art of the DJ as Felix Manuel, aka Djrum, a selector who combines galactically expansive taste with equally vast technical skill.

— Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2026
Thompson’s mother, a schoolteacher, and his father, an auto mechanic, had never been able to register and vote.

— Jeffrey Toobin, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026

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