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sport utility vehicle
noun
variants
or sport-utility vehicle
or less commonly sport utility
or sport-utility
plural sport utility vehicles or sport-utility vehicles also sport utilities or sport-utilities
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : suv
called also sport-ute
Examples of sport utility vehicle in a Sentence
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But its square shape and high roof outguns all but the largest sport utility vehicles, offering over 100 cubic feet of interior volume behind the first row.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The agent fired their service weapon in the direction of the rifle, and a witness saw a man, later identified as Routh, fleeing the area of the tree line, entering a Nissan sport utility vehicle and leaving at a high rate of speed.
—NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Citing a shortage of a component used to build its electric pickups, sport utility vehicles and vans, Rivian said production could drop as much as 18% this year at its lone U.S. assembly plant.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Investigators were trying to learn more about the driver of the sport utility vehicle.
—Juan A. Lozano and Sean Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Like pop singers and celebrity divorces, the announcement of another sport utility vehicle arrives nearly daily.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
This full-size, three-row, six-figure sport utility vehicle represents the fifth-generation of the Navigator nameplate.
—Brett Berk, Architectural Digest, 16 Aug. 2024
The automaker is also offering discounts of up to $3,600 on certain versions of the Dodge Durango sport utility vehicle.
—Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 3 June 2024
Another day, another compact sport utility vehicle.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1969, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of sport utility vehicle was
in 1969
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“Sport utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20utility%20vehicle. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
sport-utility vehicle
noun
sport-util·i·ty vehicle
ˈspȯrt-yü-ˈtil-ət-ē-
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light truck chassis
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