: a large jet aircraft characterized by a wide cabin

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Illustration: Rob Vargas This year marks the 20th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Airbus A380, the double-decker, wide-body aircraft that remains the largest passenger plane ever built. Mitch Moxley, Wired News, 6 Aug. 2025 There will be 23 gates — 22 wide-body gates and one narrow-body gate — for planes like an Airbus A320 or a Boeing 737s — when the rest of the project is complete, currently scheduled for 2030. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2025 Limited to just 75 examples, this wide-body work-of-art pays homage to Porsche’s own circuit-ready 993 911 RSR and Turbo, inside-out. Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 In the air Turkish flies more than 100 wide-body jets, including both Boeing and Airbus aircraft. AFAR Media, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for wide-body

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First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wide-body was in 1979

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“Wide-body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-body. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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