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jitney

noun

Definition of jitney

as in bus

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Recent Examples of jitney The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries. — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 May 2022 Simon Berry started a jitney service that catered to Greenwood's Black community, who were barred from using White taxi services. — Jazmin Goodwin, CNN, 16 May 2021 The seed for Lyft was planted when Logan Green, a California university student, saw jitney buses picking up passengers in Zimbabwe. — Daniel Yergin, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021 There is a motif of animals transported on vehicles, such as a placid duck riding in the back of a jitney and a nervous sheep in a cage being hauled by a tractor. — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2018

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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

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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

His 2020 breakout record, Little Dominiques Nosebleed, examined place and heritage by tracing the ripples of two successive childhood car accidents; 2022’s ISTHISFORREAL?

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
His sister, Andrea Clark, 35, told the New York Post on Tuesday that her brother had been in remission from cancer since 2015 and had survived a car fire just weeks before his death.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of car

Noun

Instead, the modern-day minibus won’t be available stateside until the first half of next year at the earliest.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
Shi Taifeng, a member of the Politburo of China's ruling Communist Party, and Xia Baolong, the director of China's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, left the funeral in a white minibus with Hong Kong's current leader, John Lee.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of minibus

Noun

The late 1880s brought the motorcar, which used railway-style oil lamps.

— Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Lucky for people living in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, there are plenty of free things to do with fathers this upcoming weekend from free swimming to a classic motorcar gathering and surprising activities in between.

— Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 18 June 2026

Definition of motorcar

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

Definition of auto

Noun

In theory, that makes sense, since coaches would have more players to choose from.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026
The Jessieville native serves as a youth cross-country and track coach and as a member of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026

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