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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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Capella is supposed to mark the position where the mama goat is sitting on the chariot driver’s shoulder, and that’s why it’s known as the goat star.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
8 June 2025
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Louella dies before the games begin when the District 12 chariot crashes during the tribute parade.—
Ashley Wolfgang,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The royal couple was transported to the senate in the grandest of royal ways: in a landau carriage escorted by a troupe from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride in their bright red tunics.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
27 May 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
Noun
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Really, all Morgan Plus 8s are much the same, and promise a perfectly delightful driving experience, offering the most traditional British roadster traits in a car that can easily keep up in modern traffic.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
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The combination is enough to push the merely 2,233-pound (dry weight) roadster from zero to 62 mph in just 4.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 149 mph.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Modway Stopover Outdoor Patio Sunbrella Chaise $287 at Wayfair Forget cramped seating, at 28 inches wide and just over six and a half feet in length, this chaise provides ample room for comfortable lounging.—
Alexandra Kay,
People.com,
8 June 2025
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Position it between two of their Pacifica double chaises on your porch or by the pool for easy lounging all summer.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
6 June 2025
Noun
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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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The cabriolet is only available with four seats.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
8 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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The stunning coupe is one of just 25 examples that were reimagined by the supercar maker last decade.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
23 June 2025
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General Motors Available as a coupe and a convertible, the ZR1X comes in two variants.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
18 June 2025
Noun
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In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 May 2022
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The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.—
Doug MacCash,
NOLA.com,
17 Sep. 2017
Cite this Entry
“Phaeton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phaeton. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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