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panel van

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noun

  1. a small van with two rear doors, esp one having windows and seats in the rear

  2. a small enclosed delivery van

"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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Sheriff’s deputies in Mohave County stopped a white panel van seen leaving the area and found about 180 pairs of then-unreleased Air Jordan 11 Retro Legend Blue sneakers valued at $41,400, the complaint states.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2025

Emergency services were called to the A858 at North Shawbost on Friday at about 16:45 after reports of a crash involving a grey Renault master panel van and a pedestrian.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2025

An arrest team of three detectives was crouched in the back of a panel van outside the apartment on a dark street.

From Seattle Times Feb. 11, 2020

Haywood was driving my father’s secondhand panel van with the fake wood-grain wraparound made of shelf liner that masked the previous owner’s business logo.

From New York Times Jan. 6, 2018

He spent his summers doing long hauls in a panel van, taking his wrestlers to wrestling camp in Virginia, leading Explorer Scout trips to faraway scenic states, and returning with a trucker’s one-armed suntan.

From The New Yorker May 29, 2015

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