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SUV

American  
[es--yoo--vee] / ˈɛs ˈju ˈvi /

noun

  • SUVs
    plural
  1. sport utility vehicle a rugged vehicle with a trucklike chassis and four-wheel drive, designed for occasional off-road use.


SUV British  

abbreviation

  1. sport (or sports) utility vehicle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Olejniczak Marodi was captured on the security camera gathering pets and luggage and loading them into a Chevrolet Equinox SUV, according to the warrant.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Honda plans to end production of the only EV it sells in the U.S., the Prologue SUV, this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

That has had downsides for some Ford dealers, who now operate without cars like the Escape SUV and Focus sedan, which once generated significant sales.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Ford executives hope the new $30,000 EV truck, and potential derivatives like a small SUV, will succeed at that, unlike its past money-losing electric models.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

They reached the SUV then, and Emma huddled close to Finn as they circled around it.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Aerial views of the scene showed two SUVs and a deputy’s ballistics vest abandoned on the ground at the scene.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The market has shifted to favor large, expensive trucks and SUVs, and Ford has moved to capitalize on it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Crosstown rival General Motors, for example, sells two small SUVs priced below $25,000 that are assembled in South Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Agents with their faces covered up to their eyes, in unmarked black SUVs with tinted windows, would wait outside churches, mosques, schools, daycares, courtrooms, and hospitals.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

He stood in a gas station parking lot, surrounded by black SUVs and Roman demigods.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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