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
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The three-row sport utility vehicle, marketed in all capital letters, is Hyundai’s largest EV.
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James Raia, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
Stellantis is temporarily pausing production at eight of its plants in Europe amid lagging demand for models including the Alfa Romeo Tonale sport utility vehicle and the Fiat Panda.
—Gabrielle Coppola, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
The Context Police said the gunman killed an employee collecting shopping carts outside the store, then a man and his 4-year-old granddaughter in a sport utility vehicle.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
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James Raia, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
Stellantis is temporarily pausing production at eight of its plants in Europe amid lagging demand for models including the Alfa Romeo Tonale sport utility vehicle and the Fiat Panda.
—Gabrielle Coppola, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
The Context Police said the gunman killed an employee collecting shopping carts outside the store, then a man and his 4-year-old granddaughter in a sport utility vehicle.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Sport utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20utility%20vehicle. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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