sport utility vehicle
noun
variants
or sport-utility vehicle
or less commonly sport utility
or sport-utility
plural sport utility vehicles or sport-utility vehicles also sport utilities or sport-utilities
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : suv
called also sport-ute
Examples of sport utility vehicle in a Sentence
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Phillips shot Fischer to death after a brief sport utility vehicle chase.
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Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
Cervantes’ vehicle was broadsided by a sport utility vehicle about 1:30 p.m. Monday near 14th and S streets, according to police.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
The Defender 90 remains the smallest, most maneuverable sport utility vehicle in the British manufacturer’s lineup.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
The company’s factory near Tuscaloosa, Ala., primarily assembles luxury sport utility vehicles, including electric models, for sale in the United States and export to other markets.
—Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The crash, which involved an sport utility vehicle, was reported at 6:09 p.m. on Brookburn Drive near Almondwood Way.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
There, according to the account Browner described to Fort Worth police detectives, a sport utility vehicle pulled next to them.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
Wednesday’s deadly hit-and-run was in the same area where a black sport utility vehicle jumped a curb last year and struck a tent along Dos Rios Street, seriously injuring three people.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2025
At least one person was killed and 32 others were injured, including two critically, after a tour bus and a sport utility vehicle crashed on a Southern California freeway, authorities said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 May 2025
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Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
Cervantes’ vehicle was broadsided by a sport utility vehicle about 1:30 p.m. Monday near 14th and S streets, according to police.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
The Defender 90 remains the smallest, most maneuverable sport utility vehicle in the British manufacturer’s lineup.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
The company’s factory near Tuscaloosa, Ala., primarily assembles luxury sport utility vehicles, including electric models, for sale in the United States and export to other markets.
—Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The crash, which involved an sport utility vehicle, was reported at 6:09 p.m. on Brookburn Drive near Almondwood Way.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
There, according to the account Browner described to Fort Worth police detectives, a sport utility vehicle pulled next to them.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
Wednesday’s deadly hit-and-run was in the same area where a black sport utility vehicle jumped a curb last year and struck a tent along Dos Rios Street, seriously injuring three people.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2025
At least one person was killed and 32 others were injured, including two critically, after a tour bus and a sport utility vehicle crashed on a Southern California freeway, authorities said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 May 2025
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“Sport utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20utility%20vehicle. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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