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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By James Raia The Chevrolet Blazer EV is in its fourth model year as the American manufacturer’s first and only midsize electric sport utility vehicle.
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James Raia, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Pre-orders for the midsize EX60 sport utility vehicle have already surpassed expectations in Europe.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 1 May 2026
Police said the pedestrian was struck by a westbound sport utility vehicle whose driver stopped immediately, called 911 and remained at the scene.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The California Highway Patrol said the driver of a southbound Mitsubishi sedan sideswiped a northbound sport utility vehicle, then crashed into a Toyota sedan behind the SUV.
—David Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
In the video, Timberlake is already out of his BMW sport utility vehicle on the side of a road as an officer administers sobriety tests.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
Two sport utility vehicles were barreling toward them.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Two sport utility vehicles slammed into each other on Saturday night in Cooke County when the driver of one passed a third vehicle, killing a couple and their young son, authorities said.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated March 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
The sport utility vehicle used to involve a long list of compromises that made it, for decades, a small segment in new car sales, barely even a niche.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2026
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James Raia, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Pre-orders for the midsize EX60 sport utility vehicle have already surpassed expectations in Europe.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 1 May 2026
Police said the pedestrian was struck by a westbound sport utility vehicle whose driver stopped immediately, called 911 and remained at the scene.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The California Highway Patrol said the driver of a southbound Mitsubishi sedan sideswiped a northbound sport utility vehicle, then crashed into a Toyota sedan behind the SUV.
—David Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
In the video, Timberlake is already out of his BMW sport utility vehicle on the side of a road as an officer administers sobriety tests.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
Two sport utility vehicles were barreling toward them.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Two sport utility vehicles slammed into each other on Saturday night in Cooke County when the driver of one passed a third vehicle, killing a couple and their young son, authorities said.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated March 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
The sport utility vehicle used to involve a long list of compromises that made it, for decades, a small segment in new car sales, barely even a niche.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Sport utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20utility%20vehicle. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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