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Recent Examples of phaeton
Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Still, the industry used carriage types to describe its models, like phaeton (a light, open carriage), shooting brake (a carriage meant for gamekeepers and sportsmen) and cabriolet (a light carriage with a foldable hood drawn by one horse).
—James Schembari, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2017
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Still, the industry used carriage types to describe its models, like phaeton (a light, open carriage), shooting brake (a carriage meant for gamekeepers and sportsmen) and cabriolet (a light carriage with a foldable hood drawn by one horse).
—James Schembari, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phaeton
Noun
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Konark Sun Temple, Puri One of the 24 chariot wheels of the rock cut Konark Sun Temple.—
Shalbha Sarda,
Architectural Digest,
4 Mar. 2025
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Going to celebrate the Passover, Jesus chose to enter the city on the back of a colt, in stark contrast to the warhorses and chariots of Roman armies.—
Lynne Silva-Breen,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.—
Janine Henni,
Peoplemag,
30 May 2024
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Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.—
Janine Henni,
Peoplemag,
22 June 2023
Noun
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With the pedal to the floor, all four tires spin and bite, launching this vehicle into a traffic with aplomb usually reserved for a fast roadster or motorcycle.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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The roadster was designed specifically for export to North America by Scaglietti.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
11 Feb. 2025
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My parents catnapped in chaises on the sun deck or sipped wine on rocking chairs on the Aquavit Terrace, an outdoor space at the bow of the ship.—
Kerry Spencer,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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These include Jean Prouvé chaise longues, Wassily chairs, a Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec dining table, and a George Nelson coffee table.—
Vivian Marino,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
16 Aug. 2021
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The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.—
Dan Neil,
WSJ,
31 Aug. 2017
Noun
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In fact, the only affordable BEV sports cabriolet so far has been the MG Cyberster.—
James Morris,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The cabriolet drives like a Mercedes-Benz always does.—
James Raia,
The Mercury News,
1 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The new model looks more substantial while maintaining the four-door coupe silhouette and the slanted roof of the previous model.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Mar. 2025
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Angered that Hill refused a command, Miami-Dade Police Officer Danny Torres was seen on police body-camera video yanking open the driver’s side door of the superstar’s sleek coupe, pulling Hill out of the vehicle by the back of his head, pinning him to the ground with a knee and handcuffing him.—
Charles Rabin and,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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Danza portrayed Tony Banta, an Italian-American who worked as a cab driver and boxer.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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DeVito’s character was Louie De Palma, the dispatcher and supervisor of the cab drivers.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Phaeton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phaeton. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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