Browse the editorial styleguide A–Z

vehicles

see CMS 8.116–8.117 for a discussion of the names of ships, submarines, aircraft, trains, space programs, and the class, make, and model of cars

versus, vs.

write out in text, but in sports-related marketing, the abbreviation vs. is acceptable; see also court cases

veterinary school

its full name, the School of Veterinary Medicine, is preferred, but in cases when it’s shortened, use veterinary school, not vet school

vice chancellor; vice president

not hyphenated

votes

per CMS 6.78, use an en dash: The vote was 14–6

vs.

see versus, vs.