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as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish
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Recent Examples of motor
Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Intriguingly, the therapy targets a region of the brain that normally isn’t associated with motor skills.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 8 Dec. 2024
Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Noun
But with weaker garbage disposal motors, hard pieces of food can become trapped and block the drain.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Intriguingly, the therapy targets a region of the brain that normally isn’t associated with motor skills.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
Newcastle won only five of their remaining 13 league games, finishing four points behind Manchester United, who motored through 13 victories in their last 15 league fixtures.
—Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor
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If may take a while for the engine to start as the year begins.Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
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The only thing that might prevent the Ferrari from reaching an even higher price at auction is that a major engine rebuild back in 2004, by Britain’s Terry Hoyle Engineering, revealed the car’s V-12 engine block didn’t come with either an engine number or internal number.Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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The damage will be felt for years to come both within China and in countries that relied on strong Chinese demand to export their cars, commodities, and services.Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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For high-stakes purchases such as cars or luxury goods, these technologies allow consumers to interact with products in ways that feel tangible and immersive.Astrid Pocklington, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The town, which only has one stoplight, opted to not put a speeding camera in that area.Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
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As the Coast Guard sped toward the cruise ship, Pam was still on the phone with the Norwegian employee in Miami, begging her to tell the ship to wait.Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
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The 58-year-old man driving the taxi hit a 9-year-old boy and five women, ages 19 to 49, an NYPD spokesperson said.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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For some, the declines were symptomatic of a greater disorder originating from within the league itself, something egregious enough to effectively drive a fifth of the audience away within the span of a single year.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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That was true for both participants who used a CPAP machine and those who do not.Juliana Kim, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
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The company has also built out its own pathogen lab, which includes PCR machines to test for infections in their bulk milk tanks (daily) and their cows (once a week).Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Chevrolet’s famed Tri-Five automobiles—built in 1955, 1956, and 1957—were models that established themselves as automotive heartthrobs in their time, and even more so over the course of ensuing decades.Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2024
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Chandler had 1,000 residents by the time 1920 rolled around and the then-novel automobile became a big issue.Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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The car raced through residential streets at speeds exceeding 100 mph, according to police.Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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In between there was racing — a lot of racing — with more than 140 drivers taking to the track in almost anything that had wheels and an engine before the final car crossed the finish line just before midnight.Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Researchers were tooling around this second century Roman cemetery and found a body.Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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The fascia plate of the Gold Leaf Air Motion tweeter used in the speakers is tooled from a single piece of aerospace-grade aluminum.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Motor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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