plural SUVs
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : sport utility vehicle

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Toyota makes the current version of the popular SUV in Kentucky, Canada and Japan. Maki Shiraki, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025 This week, World Car Awards jurors voted the Kia EV3, a battery-electric SUV, its World Car of the Year (WCOTY). Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025 The unnamed woman was taken by up to five men, who arrived in a white sedan and a black SUV, 7 News, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Latoya Gayle, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025 Just before the discovery, the officer saw two men in their early 20s leaving the parking lot of the complex in a silver SUV, which was originally parked in the lot. Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for SUV

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First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of SUV was in 1986

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“SUV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SUV. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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