Etymology
Origin of keyless
Example Sentences
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Check your vehicle’s manual and follow the instructions to turn off the “remote keyless feature.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
It also installed a special keyless system for cars, so that people wouldn't have to wait around for someone to hand over the key.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023
The first keyless fobs transmitted a digital code to the car, and it would unlock.
From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023
Technology continues to shift and transform new schools, from keyless building entry to automated temperature control to Wi-Fi.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023
The only explanation possible is that the owners of houses where one is bored are socially color-blind, as cheerfully unconscious of their weakness as the keyless lady and the whistling abomination.
From The Ways of Men by Gregory, Eliot
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