How to Use transportation in a Sentence

transportation

noun
  • She arranged for the transportation of her furniture to her new apartment.
  • On Monday, less than one month from the first day of school, the board voted to change the district's transportation plan.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 18 July 2024
  • But, again, all these spots are well worth the workout, or at the very least, figuring out a plan B for transportation.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Trump 2024 flags hang in front yards, and bumper stickers are slapped on golf carts, the main mode of transportation in the community.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • Harris has touted that very work and called EVs the future of transportation.
    Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
  • Ritu Narayan, Zum founder: Zum solves a student transportation problem that has not changed in 80 years.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune Asia, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Check out our picks for the best ski bags and ski roof racks to explore other gear transportation options.
    Katie Kommer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The answer to that worry is more DCFCs along major transportation routes.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The storm severed transportation links between New York City and the upstate region.
    Kristin Chapman, New York Times, 10 July 2023
  • It is also equipped with handles that make transportation a breeze.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2024
  • They’re made in the US, cutting down on transportation, and are also palm-oil free and vegan.
    Emily Algar, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
  • With demand for transportation high and time short, people even crammed into the trunks of taxis, their legs dangling over bumpers.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Its price tag of $1,155 might have been a wallop to Cunningham, whose preferred mode of a transportation was a Biria three-speed bike.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Cedar Rapids scored high in the housing, transportation, and health categories.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2024
  • The most powerful rocket in the world Musk believes the Super Heavy-Starship will open a new era in space transportation.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Mariscal starts making her way to the office via her preferred mode of transportation: walking.
    Jasmine Li, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The school had to provide transportation last year for up to a dozen students without stable housing.
    Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2023
  • Each piece of the triad has a role: Coaches coach, swimmers swim and parents provide transportation, funds and hugs.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The durable chair has a weight capacity of up to 250 pounds, and its wire-free design allows for easy storage and transportation.
    Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Greenhouse gas emissions caused by the transportation sector make up the largest chunk of the nation’s emissions, and almost all of the fuel used is gasoline.
    John McCracken, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
  • The family had to walk more than two miles under the scorching sun to escape the area because no transportation was available.
    Imelda García, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • And with transportation projects, like anything, cost is always a factor.
    Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Before the bridge was built, Kyiv controlled the overland road and rail transportation routes by which most goods, services, utilities, and people moved in and out of Crimea.
    Ben Hodges, Led Klosky, Robert Person, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The third-year big man paid for their transportation to and from Rochester, hotel accommodations, tickets to the game and food vouchers at LCA.
    Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2023
  • For more than a decade, the process of collection, transportation and analysis played out several times a year.
    David Willman and Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • That policy required the use of stronger cars for the transportation of crude oil and other explosive liquids.
    Mark Walker, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2023
  • But from a transportation standpoint beyond Panama, the next shoe to drop could be the Mississippi River, Davis said.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Most tourists come on a day trip from Cancún or the Riviera Maya, and many tour companies offer round-trip transportation and guided tours.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Its new owner was an expectant mother in need of more stable transportation after her last vehicle went kaput.
    Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2024
  • There were some categories, such as utilities as well as transportation and warehousing, that saw upward revisions.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024

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