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V-8

noun

Definition of V-8

as in coupe

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Recent Examples of V-8 That includes having the option for a V-8 engine in the high-end King Ranch and Platinum models for the first time since the 2023 model year. — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 Equipped with twin Mercury Racing 500R V-8 outboards rated at 1,000 hp, the boat has a top speed of up to 60 knots, enabling the owner to zip around the coastline. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2026 The retention of Audi’s V-8 engine was critical to the company’s turnaround strategy. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for V-8

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Noun

The sleek, gold-colored coupé impressed with a futuristic design, but baffled onlookers with its cramped two-seat interior, lack of a charging port, and a dubious, far-too-good-to-be-true $30,000 price tag.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026
Rewind to 1953, and commercial artist Harry Birdsall fantasized about building a luxury convertible coupe in Harley Earl’s style, but one that could actually be purchased.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of coupe

Noun

This was the era of Eero Saarinen’s Tulip chair, Charles and Ray Eames’s organic furniture, and the space-age curves were sweeping through architecture, automobiles, and fashion.

— Taylor Stoddard, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026
These days, instead of shiny new automobiles, two gleaming copper and stainless steel stills occupy the long room located to the left of the entrance.

— Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of automobile

Noun

In one incident, during a personal trip to Oregon, Chavez-DeRemer allegedly stopped at a strip club featuring partially nude dancers and directed her limousine driver to give money to a performer, the report said.

— Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
The visual style references a late 1980s Donna Karan campaign and video, photographed by Dennis Piel, that featured Rosemary McGrotha expressing her inner thoughts inside a limousine coming into New York.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of limousine

Noun

Investigators determined Sabini sustained a fatal injury when, for unknown reasons, his bicycle veered into the traffic lane, colliding with a motor vehicle traveling in the same direction.

— Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Both Craig and Baker-Coleman were charged with conspiracy to commit larceny of a motor vehicle, second-degree criminal trespass, sixth-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit sixth-degree larceny.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of motor vehicle

Noun

In this setup, auto-enrollment is a way for employers to help their employees afford health expenses — via an employer contribution — at a time when the cost of healthcare is soaring, experts said.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
But the unyielding free market advocate likely became just as well known for his opposition to Proposition 103, the landmark 1988 insurance initiative that regulated the industry following a period of skyrocketing auto premiums.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of auto

Noun

The Star-Telegram watched filming from a distance and saw an all-black car with a camera adorned to its roof driving behind a black sedan and black SUV.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
But that’s in the past now, and since inventory for the sport sedan has recovered, and its base model is back on the menu, the WRX has enjoyed a much more comfortable end to the summer.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of sedan

Noun

Connectivity stretches to a mini-HDMI input and a second USB-C port, with a pair of 1-watt speakers and an audio output rounding things out, while the stand tilts through a 0 to 180-degree range but skips swivel, height, and pivot adjustment.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
An hour before curtain at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, acrobats tumble, juggle and test a towering Chinese pole, turning warm-ups for ‘Water for Elephants’ into a mini-circus.

— Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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