sports car

noun

: a low small usually 2-passenger automobile designed for quick response, easy maneuverability, and high-speed driving

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As a result, even relatively single-tone image elements, such as rich blue skies or the vibrant reds of a sports car, can be rendered more vividly, but also with more tonal finesse. John Archer, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 In addition to those targets, Stewart also has set priorities to re-establish focus on its retail business, increase fleet business, including telematics, and ink high-profile business deals such as Goodyear’s first launch in decades on a Ferrari sports car. Michael Wayland, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025 Video and photos posted to social media showed a Miami-Dade police officer with a knee on Hill’s back as he was detained adjacent to his luxury sports car, then sitting on the ground in handcuffs. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025 There wasn’t much tactile feedback, but this is a van not a sports car. James Morris, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sports car

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sports car was in 1919

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“Sports car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20car. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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sports car

noun
: a low small usually two-passenger automobile designed for high-speed driving

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