as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
the auto gave people a level of mobility that they had never known before
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Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Thornton recorded 536 auto thefts last year.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Lind worked for an auto dealership, while Adkins was at an art supply store.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
It is used to justify regulations, such as auto emissions standards, intended to protect against threats made increasingly severe by climate change — deadly floods, extreme heat waves, catastrophic wildfires and other natural disasters in the United States and around the world.
—Matthew Daly, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
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Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Thornton recorded 536 auto thefts last year.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Lind worked for an auto dealership, while Adkins was at an art supply store.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
It is used to justify regulations, such as auto emissions standards, intended to protect against threats made increasingly severe by climate change — deadly floods, extreme heat waves, catastrophic wildfires and other natural disasters in the United States and around the world.
—Matthew Daly, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auto
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Unfortunately, a lot of the homes near Guthrie's residence are far from the street and are obscured by shrubbery, Siminoff said, so collecting video data of cars on the road might be hard in this case.—
Liz Kreutz,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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To see a Cisitalia 202 in the metal is to appreciate how diminutive and jewellike the car really is.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2026
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Voluntary export restraints on Japanese automobiles in the 1980s gave Detroit a brief reprieve but accelerated its decline.—
Carol L. Harris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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India will receive a preferential tariff rate quota on automobile parts and generic pharmaceuticals.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
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The district decided to purchase fewer buses this year and opted not to give teachers a raise, negotiating a one-time bonus instead.—
Carley Lanich,
IndyStar,
10 Feb. 2026
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On the way to the arena, the Team USA bus got stopped in traffic due to an accident, according to the NBC broadcast.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
10 Feb. 2026
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Ben Evans, lead author of the study and a machine learning expert at the British Antarctic Survey, said the system finally fills that blind spot.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Management said that about 60% of 2025 capex went toward machine line servers, with the remaining 40% going to longer-duration assets, including data centers (including the physical building) and networking equipment.—
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CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Auto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auto. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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