jumbo jet

noun

: a very large airplane that can carry many passengers

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The Qataris did not give Trump a $400 million jumbo jet merely out of friendship. Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026 Hosts Katie Couric and Matt Lauer were on the phone, talking with witnesses in Manhattan who were breathlessly describing how a jumbo jet had just flown into the second building. Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026 Okuayinonu took part in Wednesday’s practice before the 49ers took a chartered jumbo jet 12 hours later from San Francisco International Airport to Melbourne. Cam Inman, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026 In 1986, four hijackers who had seized a Pan Am jumbo jet on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, opened fire on the jet’s passengers; a total of 20 passengers and crew members were killed before Pakistani commandos stormed the jetliner. ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jumbo jet

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“Jumbo jet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jumbo%20jet. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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