convertible

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Recent Examples of convertible In the 1960s, Jay Sebring made a giant leap from middle-class Michigan boy and Navy veteran to stylist to the stars, tooling around Hollywood in his Shelby Cobra convertible and jetting off to cut the hair of Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra and more. Susan Young, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 But its resonance can be easily neutralized when enjoying the M8 as a convertible. James Raia, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025 Clapham had fallen in love with the Fleetwood Eldorado and was happy when Jessup decided to sell and buy a Mercedes convertible for himself. Laura Lane, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025 This doesn’t mean every convertible is safe. Josh Max, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for convertible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convertible
Noun
  • Names from Delahaye to Bugatti to Mercedes to Buick all created two-door hardtops that would help define them as builders of high-end automobiles for years to come.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The two-seat Concept C features a retractable hardtop, ground-hugging bodywork, a long hood and short rear deck.
    Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The camper just requires a one- or two-box vehicle with a hatchback or tailgate.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
  • More than 30 peaks are higher than 8,200 feet (the average height of the Swiss Alps), but the regional ski culture remains laid-back; Medig once found a woman running a ski rental business out of an old Yugo hatchback.
    Naomi Tomky, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cadillac‘s Celestiq all-electric SUV is a statement-making car from the American luxury brand, a car that is intended to push the marque into the stratosphere of Rolls-Royce and Bentley.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The regulator is examining 142,600 units of the 2023-2024 Honda Pilot SUV for a possible malfunction in the rear seatbelt warning system, which may incorrectly alert drivers about passenger seatbelt usage.
    Nandan Mandayam, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • German Fest includes wagon rides, live music, a fish fry, letters to Santa, a children's craft area, an appearance by Santa Claus and a Christmas Market.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • More innovatively, a Polish start-up is trialling electromagnetic propulsion for wagons, allowing each to be powered individually and reducing the need for mile-long, hard-to-stop freight trains, the BBC reported.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Thanks to all that grunt, the coupe could cover the quarter-mile in just 13 seconds, brand new.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
  • One of its quickest and most impressive new models is an electric luxury grand touring coupe.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Coupe prototype is a high-riding grand tourer with a long snout, doors that slide open rather than swing, and a fastback roofline – a classic high-line design characteristic.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Out back, the car’s roofline sloped towards the tail at a shallower angle than ever, almost giving the big car a fastback look.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After the fight, Meza grabbed a revolver from his car and shot Christina.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Once on Provo, a Parrot Cay representative will pick you up from the airport for the 15-20 minute car ride to Parrot Cay’s private dock.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As Bronson Pinchot’s hapless character, Elliot, is speeding in his ragtop Porsche with a girl bent over his lap along a 15 mph curve on Mulholland Drive, cop lights go off behind him.
    Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
  • Throughout most of Hunter S. Thompson’s career, illustrator Ralph Steadman rode shotgun on the bending antennae of the author’s ragtop ’70s Caddy.
    Steve Garbarino, airmail.news, 7 Sep. 2024

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“Convertible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convertible. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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