light-duty
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Zero-emissions vehicles made up 19% of light-duty vehicle sales in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the California Energy Commission.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The market share of zero-emission vehicles among all light-duty vehicles sold rose from 12% in 2021 to 19% in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
In a shift toward globalization, Sinotruk aims to export 250,000 heavy-duty trucks, 100,000 light-duty trucks, 50,000 passenger vehicles and 3,000 mining trucks by 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
According to the EPA statement, the revocation of those standards will begin with those set in 2010 for light-duty vehicles, as well as those set in 2011 for medium and heavy-duty vehicles and engines.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025
We had a hurdle-maker in our company, so I gave him a brace of light-duty men as apprentices and they built a little hut of wattle and daub.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 by Various
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