jetliner

noun

jet·​lin·​er ˈjet-ˌlī-nər How to pronounce jetliner (audio)
: a jet-propelled airliner

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Nearly 3,000 people were killed that day as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into the World Trade Center in New York, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania. Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025 The United Airlines jetliner went down in Lake Michigan off the Lake Forest shoreline killing 30 passengers and crew. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 Now a gang of enthusiasts has painstakingly pieced one of those pioneering jetliners back together — with thrilling results. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025 The controller could see from a window that the helicopter was too close, but the controller did not alert the jetliner. Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jetliner

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jetliner was in 1949

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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jetliner. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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