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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
Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Don’t mistake the thin profile for lack of power, though; the V11 provides plenty of suction, with a motor that can hit 125,000 rpm and a dynamic load sensor system that automatically adjusts for hard floors or carpets.
—Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Meghan Mahar, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
How to Get There Most out-of-state visitors fly into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, rent a car, and motor the 126 miles north via Highway 260.
—Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
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Noun
They also were tested for more cognitive motor dissociation.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Don’t mistake the thin profile for lack of power, though; the V11 provides plenty of suction, with a motor that can hit 125,000 rpm and a dynamic load sensor system that automatically adjusts for hard floors or carpets.
—Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
And even as the year winds down, Sabrina is still motoring full speed ahead.
—Meghan Mahar, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
How to Get There Most out-of-state visitors fly into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, rent a car, and motor the 126 miles north via Highway 260.
—Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor
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Gilmour's Eris rocket is made of three stages powered by hybrid engines consuming a solid fuel and a liquid oxidizer.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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Cardozo’s brilliant, forward-thinking opinions demonstrated how state courts could serve as laboratories of law and engines of social progress.—
Peter Martin,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Extreme Terrain, an offroad vehicle outfitter, analyzed automotive data to see which car brands hold their value the most and which are prone to rapid depreciation.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
5 Mar. 2025
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Motorists will benefit from this when their cars do a better job of handling data-intensive applications for high-resolution mapping and other functions.—
Patrick Moorhead,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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One other handy benefit is that the AI can potentially do the processing in parallel and radically speed up the time needed to get you an answer.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Buffy Wicks said lawmakers will soon see 20 bills to speed up housing construction, along with more on energy, water and transit.—
Ben Christopher,
Orange County Register,
6 Mar. 2025
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Decision-makers have an opportunity to ensure that the very tools designed to drive revenue don’t end up stifling creativity.—
Seth Yudof,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025
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The other victims include the 26-year-old driving the BMW, his 23-year-old passenger and the front passenger of the Camry.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2025
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The machines were part of a pilot program that ended earlier this year, and the state patrol is preparing its results for state lawmakers.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2025
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Its value in business has long been tied to cost-savings, replacing expensive human labor with machines that can perform repetitive tasks.—
Preetpal Singh,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Trump, for his part, already delayed the Canadian tariffs and on Wednesday paused the taxes that apply to automobile manufacturers.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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Economists have warned that tariffs are likely to lead to price increases on an array of goods, from vegetables and fruit to automobiles.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Losing at this point is very expensive, because all the teams are racing [for the title] and we...—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Congressional negotiators are racing to reach a government funding agreement by a March 14 deadline to avert a shutdown, as several key factors strain bipartisan talks.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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Among the primary focuses of utilizing VR technology in the build process includes ensuring correct part ordering and tooling and enhancing safety and ergonomics, Sikorski said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2025
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While in his mid-twenties, Olea would tool around the Key — or take a jaunt to Coconut Grove — with a carload of teenage girls.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Motor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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