streamliner
noun
stream·lin·er
ˈstrēm-ˌlī-nər 
: one that is streamlined
especially
: a streamlined train
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Photo : Public domain While only about a half-dozen were made, Voisin’s streamliner made a huge impact with its inimitable French Art Deco design.
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Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Formula 1: The Mercedes streamliner driven by Juan Manuel Fangio sold for a record $52 million at auction.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
The streamliner's arcing roof does impinge on rear headroom somewhat, but noggin space is still competitive.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 13 May 2023
The near 700,000 Black folk who arrived in L.A. between 1940 and 1970, who locomoted the City of Los Angeles streamliner or rode a grumbling Greyhound or braved the crucible of driving.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
Parked on the tracks alongside the plant is the Nancy Hanks II, a streamliner between Atlanta and Savannah with deluxe coaches and a grill-lounge car.
—Bo Emerson, ajc, 25 Oct. 2021
The streamliner flipped twice — end-over-end —and rolled in the air.
—Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
Her team wants the FIM land speed record held since 2010 by Rocky Robinson, riding the Top One Ack-Attack streamliner at 376.363 mph.
—Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
Learn how production companies at the time were setting up fantastic stunt production feats, from sinking an 8,000-ton streamliner to an untethered jump from a hot air balloon.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2020
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Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Formula 1: The Mercedes streamliner driven by Juan Manuel Fangio sold for a record $52 million at auction.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
The streamliner's arcing roof does impinge on rear headroom somewhat, but noggin space is still competitive.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 13 May 2023
The near 700,000 Black folk who arrived in L.A. between 1940 and 1970, who locomoted the City of Los Angeles streamliner or rode a grumbling Greyhound or braved the crucible of driving.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
Parked on the tracks alongside the plant is the Nancy Hanks II, a streamliner between Atlanta and Savannah with deluxe coaches and a grill-lounge car.
—Bo Emerson, ajc, 25 Oct. 2021
The streamliner flipped twice — end-over-end —and rolled in the air.
—Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
Her team wants the FIM land speed record held since 2010 by Rocky Robinson, riding the Top One Ack-Attack streamliner at 376.363 mph.
—Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
Learn how production companies at the time were setting up fantastic stunt production feats, from sinking an 8,000-ton streamliner to an untethered jump from a hot air balloon.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2020
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“Streamliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamliner. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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