Thesaurus results for SUBCOMPACT

subcompact

noun

Definition of subcompact

as in car

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Recent Examples of subcompact Kia America The X-Line SX’s available heated and ventilated seats, driver memory system, heated steering wheel, panoramic roof and surround-view camera would not have appeared in a mainstream subcompact SUV a few years ago. — Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 But that level of popularity won't save the subcompact electric vehicle. — Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 20 July 2026 The Venue is Hyundai’s subcompact SUV that also happens to be the least expensive vehicle for the 2026 model year. — ABC News, 27 May 2026 Adjusting fees by vehicle weight also seems crucial because a large SUV wears down roads faster than a subcompact. — Justin Fox, Twin Cities, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for subcompact

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Noun

Leapmotor, meanwhile, maintained rapid growth, with deliveries topping 100,000 cars a month since July.

— Matthew Tan,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
By merging the two failing car companies, Marchionne created the seventh-largest vehicle manufacturer in the world, increasing Fiat’s value more than tenfold.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of car

Noun

Things got even worse when the first images of the slab-sided and pastel-shaded Type 00 coupe concept leaked.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026
Lots of the brand’s enviable glassware is 20% off for Prime Day, meaning now is the time to scoop up an artistic coupe set or a modern salad bowl while the getting is good.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of coupe

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The worst idea is a finalized regulatory rule — rolling back fuel economy standards for automobiles that had been strengthened during the Biden administration.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
In 2025, the Chinese battery maker CATL unveiled an automobile battery that relies on traditional chemistry to charge in just five minutes; the company also has perfected the mass production of next-generation sodium-ion batteries.

— DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

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The lawsuit alleges DraftKings operates a sports book in violation of the gaming compact between the Tribe and the state inked in 2021, which provides the Tribe a monopoly on sports betting in Florida.

— Gray Rohrer, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Any harm was downstream, but the river was part of an interstate system governed by a compact between sovereigns.

— Gale Norton, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of compact

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To give the episodes shape, each is broken up into several mini-narratives, such as a mother cheetah learning to adapt her hunting style to mountainous rocky terrain in order to catch prey for her hungry cubs.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 4 Oct. 2026
The designer had felt the atmosphere shift after her disastrous outdoor cruise collection in Marseille in May 2024, which was marred by a mini-storm.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026

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And Gowanus, for now, has still retained some of its human-scale landscape of auto garages, art studios, coffee shops, dive bars, restaurants, rowhouses, warehouses, and breweries as well as a climbing gym and several concert venues.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
Security camera footage from a nearby auto shop showed the vehicle pulling up in a lot after her time of death, and the driver exiting the vehicle and leaving in another car.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of auto

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The sedan has a distinct, boxy silhouette and the ability to drive up to 450 miles on a full charge and accelerate to 62 miles per hour in just three seconds.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Bela is then transported to the sea, and then the family sedan, which is now filled up with the ball pit balls — as well as Other Mommy.

— William Earl, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of sedan

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

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