subcompact

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Recent Examples of subcompact Take, for example, a Hyundai venue, a subcompact crossover SUV, with an average current list price of $24,000. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025 Overall, the list of appreciating models consists of two Porsche sports cars and no fewer than eight SUVs, with the most-attainable model on the list being the subcompact Chevrolet Trax crossover; its $18,971 average transaction price represents a 9.8% jump from 2024 to 2025. Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 Even a subcompact Nissan Leaf Plus carries a 60-kWh pack, among the smallest batteries in any U.S.-market EV. IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2024 The company said the wrongdoing does not affect the safety of the vehicles already on roads, which include the Corolla subcompact and Lexus luxury vehicles. Yuri Kageyama, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for subcompact
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcompact
Noun
  • Xpeng launched the Mona series in China last year with the debut of the Mona M03 electric coupe.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The coupe will start at $272,650 and the cabriolet at $286,650, an increase of around $30,000 and $40,000, respectively.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The vehicle that Routh had fled in — the black Nissan Xterra — also bore a license plate that was not registered to the car, according to the court filing.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The cause of the accident was not immediately known, although the car appeared to have derailed, which a source from the Lisbon Firefighters Regiment told local media may have been caused by a loose cable leading to brake failure.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Into your Ubers and into your buses and trains, planes and automobiles.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Key industries such as agriculture, construction, automobiles, energy, health care, technology and advanced industries like aerospace and bioscience face the greatest risk from higher tariffs and the potential for retaliatory tariffs abroad.
    Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The canister compacts and stores the debris the robot picks up, a departure from most other self-emptying robot vacuums, which use disposable dust bags.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Many Indigenous families in Wisconsin started moving back to the reservations starting in the 1990s after the implementation of the tribal-state gaming compacts.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Looking for a free mini puzzle?
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Plus, there are 14 buildable droids and nine mini builds to create Babu Frik's workshop.
    Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In Munich this week, however, BMW CEO Oliver Zipse said the IAA Mobility conference would showcase the strength of the German and European auto industry.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
  • More than 300 of those detained were South Korean nationals working at the factory, which is co-owned by South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution and auto company Hyundai.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His Celestiq, one of the first versions of the brand's first-ever all-electric sedan, offers a similar cultural cachet to purchasing a piece of fine art.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The suspects, believed to be in their late teens to early 20s, then fled the scene in a gray Chrysler 300 sedan.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On another leg of the tour, Sanders spent $260 on a limousine service in Montana.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Xi also rode by the length of the formations along Beijing's central Chang'an Avenue in a classic-style black limousine.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Subcompact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcompact. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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