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passenger car

American  
[pas-uhn-jer kahr] / ˈpæs ən dʒər ˌkɑr /

noun

passenger cars plural
  1. a railroad car which is designed to carry passengers.


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It said that 52 percent of its passenger car sales in Europe are now electrified vehicles -- fully electric, plug-in hybrids and non-plug-in hybrids -- up from 43.8 percent in the first half of 2025.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

“I would like to propose a small addition,” he wrote, “in all passenger car and truck lines.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 3, 2026

A van and a passenger car had crashed in the turn lane outside the lot.

From Slate Oct. 27, 2025

Of the 31 passenger car brands represented last month at the sprawling Indonesia International Auto Show outside Jakarta, about a third were from China.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2024

Back in my seat in the passenger car, I would study them and try to figure out what was worth what.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

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