passenger car

noun

US
: a railroad car that carries passengers

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After all, an 80,000-pound driverless truck can do a lot more damage than a 6,000-pound passenger car if something goes wrong! Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025 That’s in spite of the fact total passenger car sales in the aforementioned duo, even when combined, are still only half the size of the latter. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 3 July 2025 Three-year-old passenger car sales saw the largest price spike from 2019 to 2025, with the nationwide average price jumping from $19,734 to $29,343 — skyrocketing 48.7%. Stuart Dyos, The Tennessean, 3 July 2025 From the front of the engine to the last passenger car, everything has been reimagined from the ground up. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for passenger car

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“Passenger car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20car. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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