limo
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of limo
1965–70 by shortening; see -o
Example Sentences
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Many buyers are entrepreneurs and executives, while some companies use the Maextro as a chauffeur-driven limo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Plus, the attorney general learned she was out during a short limo ride with Trump, and Hegseth removed the Army’s top general.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Fitzsimmons then traveled to Los Angeles last weekend to attend a preprom celebration and offered to cover the cost of the limo rides as a bonus.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2025
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Trump on the tarmac and provided an honour guard of Arabian horses to accompany his presidential limo.
From BBC ● May 13, 2025
The stretch limo hummed on the antigrav pad.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
There’s also an air-conditioned garage with room for two stretch limos, plus a 40,000-gallon heated outdoor pool has “granite-like rocks, a waterfall, and spa surrounded by a patio,” according to past listing notes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
"I've worked with bands in the past that had separate limos, separate walkways onto the stage. I don't think they'll get to that. They're grown men."
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
He is famously the strategizing mastermind of “Hopscotch,” the 2015 opera staged around downtown L.A. with the audience riding in limos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
Frederickson got a new job a couple of years ago, driving limos for Bayview Limousine.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2023
Buses, taxis and limos swarmed through the skyways, patrolled by cops in night-black cars that reflected no light.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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