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as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street

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as in trailer
a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California

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verb

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Noun
Each spring, his parents and five siblings would caravan with a couple of other families from South Texas to the Oregon-Idaho border. Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024 Supporters caravaned along Helena’s downtown, honking horns. J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
Verb
The fully electric caravan is packed with a number of forward-thinking features, including, most intriguingly of all, the ability to hitch itself. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 May 2025 Berber-style guest houses provide accommodation for visitors to a ksar originally built in the 17th century as an overnight stop for caravans traveling between Marrakech and the Sudan. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for caravan
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caravan
Noun
  • The fleet is split between two home ports on the East and West Coasts.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
  • Waymo, owned by Google parent Alphabet, opened up a driverless robotaxi service to the public in the Phoenix area in 2020, and now operates a fleet of 400 robotaxis there, the company told CNBC on Thursday.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Police are reminding the public that the scene, which involves an Airstream trailer, is a stunt and not a real emergency.
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 July 2025
  • The studio first showed off the trailer to Verity at CinemaCon back in April at their first big splash in Caesars Palace Colosseum Theatre.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • The Naya Create’s unique hinged split design means each half of the keyboard can be independently adjusted by up to 27 degrees of tenting.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Your ticket includes 10 vouchers redeemable for 4-ounce pours, one Coca-Cola products voucher, a DJ spinning tunes, tented food vendors and some surprises. Details: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Outside, dozens of protesters faced off against a convoy of federal officers who used gas canisters and flash-bang grenades to keep the crowd away from the former tomato farm.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 10 July 2025
  • The United Nations has said at least 613 Palestinians have been killed close to the foundation's sites or around humanitarian convoys.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Yet for Ward, this solo backpacking trip beneath Scotland’s Cairngorms mountains was about more than stars and s’mores.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 1 July 2025
  • Hiking, camping, backpacking, appreciating the trees and the sky.
    Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2025

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“Caravan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caravan. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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