automotive
adjective
au·to·mo·tive
ˌȯ-tə-ˈmō-tiv 
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: of, relating to, or concerned with self-propelled vehicles or machines
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The store stocks automotive parts.
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While Honda’s motorcycle division has experienced robust expansion driven by demand from Asian markets, its automotive segment witnessed a revenue decrease amidst challenges in China.
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Hundreds of thousands of workers in the U.S. automotive industry lost their jobs that year.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Since the eponymous city, about 130 miles southwest of Paris, came to prominence with its first competition in 1923, the name has become synonymous with the pinnacle of automotive performance, the race regarded as the benchmark gauntlet for automakers.
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Goldstein also is looking to bolster the museum’s IGNITE Academy, which gives young people hands-on technical training, mentorship and pathways to careers in the automotive industry.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Hundreds of thousands of workers in the U.S. automotive industry lost their jobs that year.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Since the eponymous city, about 130 miles southwest of Paris, came to prominence with its first competition in 1923, the name has become synonymous with the pinnacle of automotive performance, the race regarded as the benchmark gauntlet for automakers.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 June 2025
Goldstein also is looking to bolster the museum’s IGNITE Academy, which gives young people hands-on technical training, mentorship and pathways to careers in the automotive industry.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
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automotive
adjective
au·to·mo·tive
ˌȯt-ə-ˈmōt-iv
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2
: of, relating to, or concerned with automobiles, trucks, or buses
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