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 The automaker operates production facilities in Changchun, Chengdu, Foshan, Qingdao, and Tianjin, producing vehicles under the Volkswagen, Audi, and Jetta brands. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 Surveillance video shows three vehicles circling the parking lot before a white Toyota Tacoma barrels through the storefront, shattering glass and sending employees running. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Drones can be seen near the scene of the strike as responders load the injured onto stretchers and into emergency vehicles. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 During peak hours, franchises have 27 to 31 vehicles in the queue, according to the company’s data. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Personal autonomous vehicles, by contrast, are a natural extension of the company’s 118 years of expertise in building vehicles for individual customers. — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Amid the confusion, Lou mistakenly takes aim at the family’s approaching vehicles, killing her husband and two sons. — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicles
  1. instruments
  2. transports
  3. means
  4. transportations
  5. agents
  6. conveyances
  7. organs
  8. factors
Noun
  • Precise attitude control keeps those instruments pointed at their targets as the satellites race around Earth.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The score, composed by Damon Albarn, has a rough, analog feel to it, incorporating instruments like an Indonesian angklung.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of instruments
Noun
  • Nelson’s archive transports the house back to the same era through the English commander, whose victory at Trafalgar in 1805 helped thwart Napoleon’s plans to invade Britain.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Aviation attorney Mike Slack, who is based in Austin, Texas, said the missing person most probably went down with the aircraft because patients are strapped to their gurney during helicopter transports for safety.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of transports
Noun
  • Certifying a council as fair means comparing it against every possible group of voters and every slate of candidates that group can claim.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Then, the court could determine whether the person has the means to pay, Looney said.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 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
  • There is currently no payments network for AI agents, Hayes said.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Which is to say the agents are hustling — and even trying to submit to literary magazines — to stay alive.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • The proposal would have generally banned e-bikes and other e-conveyances from playgrounds, parks and school grounds unless signs specifically allowed them.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Folsom city leaders are considering new regulations targeting e-bikes, electric scooters and other electric conveyances as complaints about unsafe riding and damage to parks continue.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of conveyances
Noun
  • The machine specifically moves blood around the heart and lungs, allowing those organs to rest and heal.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutor Chryso Perganti said that the boy was pronounced dead in hospital a couple of hours after his fall, suffering multiple skull and bone fractures and damage to his vital organs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of organs
Noun
  • On the lower level lie the Oceanfront Balcony and Premium Oceanfront Balcony rooms, with the same factors distinguishing Premium from not.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, over in Asia, a top McKinsey executive laid out what sets Asia's owner-CEOs apart, drawing on the firm's research that helps filter out the key factors that determine successful leadership.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of factors

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“Vehicles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vehicles. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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