vehicle
noun
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Examples of vehicle in a Sentence
Norman Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The Towne Street exit and entrance, installed in 1956 along with I-75, is currently used by about 2,000 vehicles a day.
—The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2024
In some ways, the stock has become a vehicle for people to bet on the political fortunes of Trump.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
The plan’s bold targets include planting a million trees by 2030, phasing out all internal-combustion vehicles by 2040, and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
The group is focused on building a vehicle that will allow Artemis astronauts to safely navigate the lunar surface to conduct experiments and prepare the Moon for future human missions to Mars, according to a press release.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
Leading companies with robotaxis on the market, such as Google’s Waymo and Mobileye, keep their self-driving vehicles confined to specific cities.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
Must employees be paid for time spent on employer premises in their personal vehicles while waiting to scan an identification badge, with guards then peering into their vehicles before the employees exit through a security gate?
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
Every few minutes, there is the faint rolling hum of a vehicle speeding down Waterman Road.
Edward Villasenor was killed in front of his home by someone driving a red SUV, shortly after 6 p.m. on Nov. 7, 2019.
—Ryan Lillis, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
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Word History
borrowed from French & Latin; French véhicule, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin vehiculum "medium, agent of transmission," going back to Latin, "wheeled vehicle, means of transport," from vehere "to carry, convey" + -culum, instrumental suffix (going back to Indo-European *-tlom) — more at way entry 1
1612, in the meaning defined at sense 4a
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“Vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vehicle. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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vehicle
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ˈvē-ə-kəl
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vehicle
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ˈvē-ə-kəl
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