caravans 1 of 2

plural of caravan
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as in fleets
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street

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as in trailers
a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California

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caravans

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verb

present tense third-person singular of caravan

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Recent Examples of caravans
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Camel caravans on the Silk Road once passed through this flat, dusty scrubland. Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026 The caravans leak during the rainy season and become ovens during the summer. Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 As random players began to join and leave the caravans, a rock tour energy developed. Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026 At one point, a new pain clinic opened in Broward every 72 hours as out-of-state caravans of cars, trucks and vans loaded up with pills slated for street sales. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026 Some threads of trade connected the different zones, like the Silk Road across central Asia, or the trans-Saharan caravans. Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026 Kumari writes that horses from Central Asia mainly arrived in India over land routes, brought by merchants from nomadic cultures who traveled in caravans. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 20 Mar. 2026 One of three motorcycle caravans crossing the country to honor military veterans passed through Central Arkansas on Sunday. Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2026 During the administration of President Claudia Sheinbaum, who came into office in October 2024, there have been 18 migrant caravans leaving from Tapachula. ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Noun
  • The nation has put people on the moon, helped build and operate a long-running space station in low Earth orbit (LEO) and sent fleets of robotic explorers to many corners of the solar system — and even beyond it, into interstellar space.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • As agent fleets become more common, governance must also address the subagents, tools, prompts, permissions and actions that make up a complete workflow.
    Greg Pavlik, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
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  • That’s at least a bit unusual as previous reports about Spider-Man fighting Hulk and teaming up with Punisher have been proven true as seen in the official trailers.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Their trailers, which are in most cases cemented to the ground and movable only at a five-figure expense, are their primary assets.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

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“Caravans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caravans. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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