school bus

noun

: a vehicle used for transporting children to or from school or on activities connected with school

Examples of school bus in a Sentence

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In school bus surveillance video provided to ABC News by the Hancock County School District, five Hancock Middle School students can be seen working as a team to stop the bus and assist Taylor. Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026 Heart-stopping video from inside a school bus showed nearly a dozen Mississippi middle school students jumping into action after their bus driver lost consciousness Wednesday behind the wheel. Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026 Twenty-six teachers, seven parents, a school bus driver, and a pharmacy technician at the clinic next to the school were also killed, IRIB said in a Telegram post. CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 The 89,000-square-foot school will be set back from North Grove Avenue, with parking and the main entrance on the north side of the property and school bus dropoff and pickup to the south. Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for school bus

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of school bus was in 1908

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“School bus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20bus. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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school bus

noun
: a vehicle for transporting children to and from school

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