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motorcars

noun

plural of motorcar

as in cars

a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels a convention for those who love antique motorcars

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Recent Examples of motorcars In the 1920s, Rolls-Royce was producing experimental motorcars. — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 8 May 2026 When motorcars were new, gasoline worked more like a service than a product, let alone a commodity. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2026

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In Long Beach, cars lined up Saturday at a Peninsula parking lot as fire department workers loaded sandbags into trunks.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Director Christopher Nolan uses the premise to stage spectacular sequences where cars reverse down freeways at high speed, cause and effect goes topsy-turvy, and fights are just, well, weird.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of cars

Noun

Motor racing career Dempsey developed an interest in automobiles beginning in childhood and entered competitive racing in the mid-2000s.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
The phrase, which started in aviation but bled its way into automobiles, is a reminder to look under the hood and poke around before purchasing a car.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of automobiles

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Russia has increasingly hit civilian targets, but the Thursday strike, which ripped through two buses, was reminiscent of larger strikes earlier in the war.

— Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Shuttle buses have been requested to from California/Lake and Ashland/Lake in both directions.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of buses

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While these machines don't push the envelope in any real way, they're designed to deliver dependable productivity for a long period of time.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
Many of the processes in a factory are pencil-and-paper, even if some of the machines are very advanced and digital.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

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