planeload

noun

plane·​load ˈplān-ˌlōd How to pronounce planeload (audio)
: a load that fills an airplane

Examples of planeload in a Sentence

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On a Saturday in mid-March, Trump’s immigration officials sent three planeloads of detainees from Texas to the maximum-security prison in El Salvador before a federal judge in Washington could intervene. David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025 Chief Judge James Boasberg is trying to determine if the administration ignored his turnaround order last weekend when at least two planeloads of immigrants were still in flight. arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025 Another recalled taking a planeload of children and their escorts on a domestic transfer from the southern border to an airport in New York. Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 1 Apr. 2025 President Trump's administration appealed after Boasberg blocked those deportations and ordered planeloads of Venezuelan immigrants to return to the U.S. CBS News, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for planeload

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of planeload was in 1925

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“Planeload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planeload. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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