: traveling or involving a short distance
short-haul flights

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That report said Maersk is teaming with short-haul operator Safeen Feeders to transship cargo out of Salalah. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2025 The hyperloop is seen as a futuristic leap toward clean, high-speed mobility and an alternative to short-haul flights and congested rail corridors. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Dec. 2025 The disruption, linked to solar flares, hit especially hard in Asia, where the single-aisle A320 family anchors short-haul networks. Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Dec. 2025 As on Monday, the majority of delays impacted short-haul West Coast flights. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for short-haul

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of short-haul was in 1895

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“Short-haul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short-haul. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

short-haul

adjective
-ˌhȯl
: traveling or involving a short distance
short-haul flights
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