motorized

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Recent Examples of motorized Situated within Emerald Bay, the property offers 78 villas ranging from one to four bedrooms, two swimming pools, a beachfront with loungers and non-motorized watersports, four restaurants, and a spa. Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026 The Nasher includes one of John Chamberlain’s sculptures assembled from twisted metal parts, and a motorized Jean Tinguely contraption of miscellaneous rusty metal bits. Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026 When e-bikes first expanded into backcountry areas, critics warned motorized assistance would bring underprepared users into fragile environments. Kendall Hunter, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026 Marrujo is now choosing to honor his son by educating parents of the risks with children riding motorized bikes. Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for motorized
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Adjective
  • The limits will be largely enforced by the city’s school zone speed cameras, roughly 2,400 of which are authorized to issue automated tickets.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The new speed camera program is the result of a 2023 state law that authorized six cities to conduct five-year pilots of the automated camera systems.
    Kate Talerico, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • If the figures of Rosie the Riveter, Lillian Gilbreth, and Jane Fonda helped to establish ideas of twentieth-century smartness, then PAT, a glitchy computerized mother figure, carries us into the present.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Ticketron changed this in 1969, pioneering computerized ticketing and greatly expanding ticket distribution through network kiosks across various retail outlets, such as department stores.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The notion that businesses should care about happiness arose with the increase of nonmanual jobs, said Alex Edmans, a finance professor at London Business School.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 May 2022
Adjective
  • With automatic runner Bo Bichette also aboard at second, Robert reached down and drove a 1-0 slider over the left-center fence for his first homer with the Mets.
    CBS News, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • For many years now, that increase has been automatic based on growth in the national average wage index.
    Tom Margenau, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The robotic characters break free from their restaurant resting place to cause chaos in town, while the villainous Marionette pops up to possess victims for her own nefarious purposes.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • That evidence may soon be on the way, as a growing fleet of robotic missions are set to explore regions of the moon beyond the Apollo landing sites with instruments designed to probe its interior in greater detail.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • These institutions are not self-operating.
    Ken Silverstein, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Rick explains that for self-operating providers, understanding that number is critical, yet nearly impossible without technical infrastructure and industry expertise.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Motorized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorized. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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