as in gift
something given to someone without expectation of a return
business takes him to all corners of the globe, but he never fails to bring back fairings for the family back in London
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Recent Examples of fairing
Engineers also conducted tuft testing on wheel fairings and panel gaps to validate real-world airflow against computer simulations, refining aerodynamic efficiency and vehicle fit.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
Bolstering its café racer profile are clip-on bars, bar-end mirrors, and a short fairing.
—New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
The 46-foot (14-meter) fairing made its way via barge and truck to Rocket Lab's facilities at MARS, after departing from the company's California test facility in December.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Future New Glenn flights will also feature a reusable payload fairing that can be recovered after being jettisoned in the upper atmosphere, a cost-saving step that SpaceX adopted years ago for Falcon 9 launches.
—PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
The upper stage carrying the payload fairing will continue in space, helping to send the ESCAPADE satellites to Mars.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
The Vulcan and Atlas V use similar composite payload fairings, both made by Beyond Gravity, the space division of the Swiss company RUAG.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
Bolstering its café racer profile are clip-on bars, bar-end mirrors, and a short fairing.
—New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
The 46-foot (14-meter) fairing made its way via barge and truck to Rocket Lab's facilities at MARS, after departing from the company's California test facility in December.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Future New Glenn flights will also feature a reusable payload fairing that can be recovered after being jettisoned in the upper atmosphere, a cost-saving step that SpaceX adopted years ago for Falcon 9 launches.
—PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
The upper stage carrying the payload fairing will continue in space, helping to send the ESCAPADE satellites to Mars.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
The Vulcan and Atlas V use similar composite payload fairings, both made by Beyond Gravity, the space division of the Swiss company RUAG.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairing
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For the third game in a row, Towns — a six-time All-Star specifically for his scoring gifts — was invisible on offense in the first half before imposing his will over the second two quarters as the Knicks attempted to punch themselves back into a game.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Horner, a FedEx contract driver, delivered a Christmas gift of Barbies intended for Athena to her father’s house in the city of Paradise.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 31,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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While Lentsch didn’t specify how much Protect Wyoming has raised so far, the group is gathering donations.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
3 Apr. 2026
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Their donations will be boosted by another $40,000 from the 9News Word of Thanks fund, according to an Instagram post from anchor Kyle Clark.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
3 Apr. 2026
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The records include emails, internal presentations and other company documents used as exhibits in litigation, as well as court transcripts and witness testimony from depositions.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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While Neural Concept and Tata Consultancy Services offered computer presentations, Tensor’s peek into the automotive future was displayed off-site with several other AI-using and varying autonomous level cars and trucks.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
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What forms might emerge from our own present?—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Another bought birthday and holiday presents for his relatives.—
Benjamin F. Henwood,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Fairing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairing. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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