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air taxi

noun

Definition of air taxi

as in plane

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Recent Examples of air taxi Europe's aviation safety agency EASA published a comprehensive eVTOL regulatory framework in 2022 and puts the realistic arrival of widespread air taxi services at around 2030. — Omar Kardoudi june 26, New Atlas, 26 June 2026 Ladov envisions building additional vertiports around the region so that folks living in, say, Montclair, New Jersey, could hitch a ride in an air taxi for their daily commute. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 19 June 2026 Joby completed a piloted electric air taxi flight across San Francisco Bay and around the Golden Gate Bridge in March to kick off the tour, showcasing its aircraft, which is designed to carry a pilot and four passengers at speeds up to 200 mph, with a range of about 150 miles. — Randy Tucker, USA Today, 15 June 2026 There will also be characters and team mascots roaming the Coliseum’s historic grounds and lots of other activities for kids, and an air taxi by Archer will also be on display. — Kristy Hutchings, Daily News, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for air taxi

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Noun

That is a long time to be in the company of the same few dozen people, day after day, flight after flight, from plane to bus to hotel to bus and back again.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Tensions began to flare earlier this month when the Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of trying to prevent an Iranian plane from carrying a Houthi delegation to Tehran for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Definition of plane

Noun

Subtle airplane decor and international posters strive to do the same.

— USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Since energy and fuel are major cost inputs for businesses — fuel to power airplanes and transport food to grocery stores, for example — consumers have seen prices rise to varying degrees elsewhere, too.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Definition of airplane

Noun

But the New Balance crew adds one more style of footwear to the mix, building in a removable liner that doubles as an indoor slipper.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
Corbin Carroll grounded into a forceout at second, moving Marte to third, before Gabriel Moreno singled on a liner to right that scored Marte.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of liner

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FireSat will help incident commanders get better information more quickly, and, unlike fire-spotting aircraft, the satellites can linger over a fire for days or weeks and aren’t hampered by high winds or smoke.

— Eric Niiler, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
New York Harbor will host an international Parade of Sail featuring dozens of tall ships and more than 100 military aircraft in an aerial review.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026

Definition of aircraft

Noun

The plane stopped, passengers scurried to the terminal and airport employees climbed up on the wings trying to keep the airliner from blowing away.

— Dan Kelly July 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
Boeing developed the platform from the commercial 737 Next Generation airliner before extensively modifying it for military operations.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

Definition of airliner

Noun

In the 1960s, the federal government also poured resources into developing a supersonic transport plane.

— Made by History, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
Although supersonic passenger aircraft found a niche from the 1970s through the early 2000s with the Concorde, commercial supersonic transport is no longer available for the mainstream consumer marketplace today.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025

Definition of supersonic transport

Noun

Before the war, an average of about 110 ships transited the strait daily.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
The ship overcame the engine failure and continued flying toward a pinpoint water landing in the Indian Ocean, but SpaceX had to skip an attempt to reignite a Raptor engine in space.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026

Definition of ship

Noun

Virgin decided to move on to the Delta-class program after completing 12 flights to the edge of space—above 80 km or 50 miles, as defined by the US government—with the previous-generation VSS Unity rocket plane.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
These lower operating expenses are tied to Virgin Galactic's decision to suspend operations of its VSS Unity suborbital rocket plane last year to focus investment into a new series of suborbital spacecraft known as Delta-class ships.

— Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025

Definition of rocket plane

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