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hardtop

noun

Definition of hardtop

as in convertible

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Recent Examples of hardtop This is the first hardtop road car in a heritage that goes back to 1962. — New Atlas, 3 June 2026 On April 7, Ford completed further testing and found that the Bronco 3-door hardtops made before December 2021 may lead to so much splitting or cracking that parts of the outer skin can come off, potentially causing crashes. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 19 May 2026 This hardtop gazebo has a spacious open layout, elegant sliding doors, and breathable mesh windows that block out the sun and keep you cool on hot days. — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026 Patricia Haddon and Barry Rebo are retired, in their 70s, and struggled to turn the page on a collision with their insurance company over a punctured tire, bumper damage, and pressure to give up Rebo's 2007 Lexus SC 430, a hardtop convertible. — Larry Seward, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hardtop

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Sheriff's deputies then found Pelosi's brown convertible nearby with damage to the front-right side, which was consistent with damage found on the parked car.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Deputies later found a California Highway Patrol vehicle parked behind Pelosi’s convertible.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of convertible

Noun

Once again, the fastback Coupe becomes the more-fashionable choice, while trading nearly 20 percent of the standard model’s rear cargo space and a touch of rear headroom.

— Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 15 July 2026
For just under $30,000 total, customers can get a basic SUV in a fastback or squareback style.

— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of fastback

Noun

Despite overcoming early battery recalls to post record sales figures, GM retired the hatchback to retool its factory for electric trucks and sunset its aging battery platform.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
In Irkutsk, Russia, a man is seen leaning into the open window of a hatchback and repeatedly hitting another motorist.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of hatchback

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In fact, this unassuming little coupe was the one car that sparked the global roadster boom of the early 1990s, when the MX-5’s huge popularity convinced European carmakers to create the Boxster, SLK, TT, Z3, MGF and Barchetta.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
This time, however, a new, more hardcore variant of the V12 sports coupe surfaced in Maranello.

— Jerry Perez, The Drive, 29 July 2026

Definition of coupe

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On the Eastern Plains near Manzanola, Alice Craig McDonald, 91, lives near the homestead her grandparents claimed after leaving Oklahoma by wagon in 1916 -- descendants of people born into slavery who came west looking for land of their own.

— Anna Alejo, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Travelers could choose to either sail around the continent and come through Panama or cross the continent by horse and wagon.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of wagon

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With its British Racing Green exterior and black ragtop, the nearly 60-year-old Jaguar is often cited as the most beautiful car ever made.

— James Raia, Mercury News, 28 Dec. 2025
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

Definition of ragtop

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Officers with the Olathe Police Department were called to the area of West 159th Street and South Lone Elm Road upon reports of a head-on collision between a white SUV and a dump truck, according to a news release from Sgt.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Police said the group went inside, took out an ATM, then fled in a white SUV, leaving the black SUV behind.

— Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of SUV

Noun

Suspended from wires overhead, a sports car was poised as if racing around a Möbius strip, meant to evoke the unending pursuit of improvement.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
That’s the all-important question every sports car fan is asking about Mazda’s most celebrated car.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of sports car

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