as in caravan
a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling
the band packed their equipment back into their trailer and headed off to their next gig
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Recent Examples of trailer
Interstate 70 in Hempfield Township has been shut down in both directions due to an overnight crash involving a tractor-trailer near Exit 54 for Yukon.
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Megan Shinn, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Above is a first domestic trailer for the movie.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Officers went to investigate the call and saw a woman in a Toyota 4Runner that was pulling a trailer driving away.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
The tractor-trailer pulled over after being struck.
—Timia Cobb, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Megan Shinn, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Above is a first domestic trailer for the movie.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Officers went to investigate the call and saw a woman in a Toyota 4Runner that was pulling a trailer driving away.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
The tractor-trailer pulled over after being struck.
—Timia Cobb, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trailer
Noun
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And finally the fellas wax poetic about winter caravans gone by and whatever happened to the exploding Winnebago from the 1980s.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Senior citizens were wheeled out of the lobby one by one and outside into below-freezing temperatures, where they were met by a caravan of ambulances, emergency response vehicles, and more.—
Allen Devlin,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The bank also said concerns about the RV business being too transient are exaggerated and that Equity LifeStyle is well positioned in a choppy macroeconomic environment.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2026
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To cut costs and preserve the ability to save for retirement and eventually afford a place of her own, Krista decided to move into an RV on private land.—
Meg Tanaka,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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In November 2025, a group of other families of campers who died also sued for negligence.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Twenty-seven campers and counselors died in the flood in the Central Texas town of Hunt.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
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Dixon got into his van as a Wauwatosa police officer learned via radio that Dixon was involved with the earlier incidents in Oak Creek and Brown Deer.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Police vans behind a temporary metal fence secured the road to the athletes’ village, but the protesters veered away, continuing their apparent route toward the Santagiulia venue.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Trailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trailer. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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