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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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Archaeologists excavating the site of a future golf course were surprised to find evidence of a prehistoric village — including a rare chariot wheel dating back millennia.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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The small asteroid is named for the Greek mythology character who drove the Sun god Helios' chariot because of the asteroid's close approach to the Sun, according to NASA.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Dec. 2024
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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
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In preparation, its Ford Advanced Vehicles division—in the UK—had built a total of 12 hardtop and roadster prototypes.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
24 Mar. 2025
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Morgan The Supersport looks like most retro roadsters Morgan has produced in the past.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Save on patio essentials like Sunbrella chaises and Adirondack chairs, as well as indoor pieces like end tables, coffee tables, and throw pillows.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The low-profile form and rounded edges of this chaise sofa feels laidback but still luxurious.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
21 Apr. 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
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This coupe, which has been in North America since 1969, is also a numbers-matching example that retains its original body and engine.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
2 May 2025
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The driver of the coupe, a 31-year-old woman of Emmett, died at the scene.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Apr. 2025
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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 21 May. 2025.
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