plural SUVs
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : sport utility vehicle

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World & Nation Car drives into crowd during Charlottesville riot Aug. 12, 2017 A man who drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee in 2021 is serving a life sentence after a judge rejected arguments from him and his family that mental illness spurred him to do it. Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025 In 2023, an SUV loaded with gas cans crashed in front of a theater in Rochester, New York, where a New Year’s concert was being let out. Josh Margolin, ABC News, 1 Jan. 2025 Lucid Gravity Grand Touring Lucid Lucid's upcoming EV is based on its Air sedan, and the company is billing it as an high-performance luxury SUV. Jeremy White, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2025 Maserati has not yet confirmed whether its electric SUV will share the Levante model name. Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for SUV 

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of SUV was in 1986

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“SUV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SUV. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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