semitruck
Americannoun
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semitrucks
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of semitruck
First recorded in 1970–75; semi(trailer) + truck 1
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The company said it plans to start volume production of its autonomous Cybercab and fully electric semitruck this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Finally, the trucks would disgorge their citrus into a harvest wagon, the giant flatbed, which would be driven by semitruck to the processing center.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Tesla has a 1 megawatt charging system External link that can provide 400 miles External link of range to its huge all-electric semitruck in about 30 minutes.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
Separately, the administration announced it will stop issuing work visas for commercial truck drivers, citing a fatal Florida highway crash involving an Indian national operating a semitruck.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2025
The semitruck was on its side in the middle of the road, as if it had been flung there like a toy.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
The move involved disassembling the Vault sets and transporting them across the country in 77 semitrucks to be rebuilt again — this time all connected on one sound stage — in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
That’s fine for robotaxis and self-driving semitrucks, but the high cost and limited operating area that is inevitable with this approach were non-starters for Tesla’s business of selling cars to individual consumers.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
Tesla, run by billionaire CEO Elon Musk, intends to produce high volumes of semitrucks and make enough cell batteries for 2 million light-duty vehicles annually in Nevada.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
She had been at the pasture on a cold and blustery day in November 2014, when a group of Yellowstone buffalo arrived in semitrucks to join the growing Fort Peck herd.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2022
There are few cars, mostly semitrucks carrying new cars, oil, and logs.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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