vapor trail

noun

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Weather permitting, residents of several mid-Atlantic states, including parts of New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina, may be able to catch the rockets’ visible vapor trails. Denise Chow, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025 He’s been the one either leaving a vapor trail or breaking defenders’ ankles. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025 Additionally, planes emit contrails, or vapor trails that prevent planet-warming gases from escaping into space. Dave Smith, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025 Overhead, twin glints of silver were traveling nearly wing-to-wing and scratching a vapor trail across the heavens. Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vapor trail

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vapor trail was in 1941

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“Vapor trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vapor%20trail. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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