school bus

[skool buhs]

noun

1. a vehicle used to transport students to and from school or used for other related purposes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of school bus¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

“I heard in Tehama County ... folks saying, ‘Look, we care about the environment, but we can’t have electric school buses here.

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The incident occurred on Sept. 22 in Atlanta, Georgia, when a Waymo using the Mountain View, Calif. company’s fifth generation automated driving system approached the right side of a stopped school bus.

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From May to July this year he had been travelling to school in a specialist taxi with a trained driver as he was unable to travel safely on the council-funded school bus with other children.

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Shayan and her brother say they are often reluctant to take the school bus that comes to collect them each weekday.

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Every August and September, just as kids shoulder their backpacks and file onto school buses, a familiar kind of headline makes the local news.

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