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air taxi

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Definition of air taxi

as in plane

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Recent Examples of air taxi 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 Last year, the company also bought around 300 battery, flight control and propeller patents from now-defunct air taxi maker Lilium. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for air taxi

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Noun

Shorts expose your legs to the germy airport terminal and plane seats, ensuring that your first stop on your vacation is the hotel shower.

— Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
But for some Gen Zers, the hardest part comes after the plane has landed back home, when the Venmo requests go out.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of plane

Noun

In the Owens Valley, thermals — columns of warm, rising air — rocket paragliders to altitudes higher than most small airplanes can fly.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Made from a quick-drying, breathable nylon fabric, these pants wick away sweat on a stuffy airplane or long hike.

— Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026

Definition of airplane

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But the rally ended when Hernández’s liner up the middle landed in the glove of Rockies right-hander Jimmy Herget, who just entered the game, catching Kyle Tucker off first base for a double play.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The Dodgers tied the score in the bottom of the 10th when Mookie Betts’ hard liner up the middle deflected off the glove of second baseman Julien and trickled into center field, allowing Andy Pages to score from third.

— Kyle Glaser, Oc Register, 7 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

Emirates, the airline of the United Arab Emirates, is the first company to buy the Airbus A3XX, the new generation of jumbo jet airliner; an order is placed for 10 of the huge craft.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
Cooler heads prevail An airliner comes in to land at Heathrow Airport, London.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 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

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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