school bus
Americannoun
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school buses
plural
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of school bus
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Two weeks earlier, the Patriot team rode in a yellow school bus without air conditioning on a 100-degree day to an away game at Ramona.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
A retired commercial shrimper and oil field worker whose wife drives a school bus, Miller fears having to leave his lifetime home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Then, at 12 years old, after getting off the school bus, he recalled seeing "something coming round the edge of the mountain, in the distance".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
For Jens Jenuwein, from Stuttgart, the mall was another American adventure after he traveled there on a yellow school bus -- utilized by transit authorities to shuttle fans from New York.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Auntie Alice sent me an animated GIF of kids running free from a school bus, with the caption School’s out for summer!
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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