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Recent Examples of airframe
With this in mind, engineers are always looking for things to toss out of an airframe.
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David Szondy
march 11, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2026
The stranger told him about airframe and power plant mechanic school.
—Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
And there was a program, over many years, to make a major Canadian commitment to American airframes for defense of the skies over Canada and the Arctic.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Its products include jet engine components, aerospace fasteners, airframe structures, and forged aluminum wheels for commercial trucks.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
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David Szondy
march 11, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2026
The stranger told him about airframe and power plant mechanic school.
—Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
And there was a program, over many years, to make a major Canadian commitment to American airframes for defense of the skies over Canada and the Arctic.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Its products include jet engine components, aerospace fasteners, airframe structures, and forged aluminum wheels for commercial trucks.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airframe
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Under changes in the tax law, private jet buyers can deduct the full cost of the aircraft from their taxes in the year it is purchased if it is used at least half of the time for business.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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The coast guard command will be led by a commodore and backed up by an unspecified number of personnel, patrol ships and aircraft for law enforcement, monitoring, environmental protection and search and rescue.—
Jim Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Amazon's limited-time deals include hanging toiletry bags, compression packing cubes (a non-negotiable for staying organized on the road), passport holders, and an airplane foot rest that even flight attendants swear by.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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The deice agents observed the airplane beginning to move forward, and no one was able to stop the airplane's movement.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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But four months after Epstein’s trip to the kingdom, a British Airways plane carrying a shipment from Riyadh landed in Miami International Airport.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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By Saturday, the Pentagon had surged more than 150 aircraft to join the effort to rescue the weapons system officer, Dude 44B, including 64 fighter jets, four bombers, 48 refuelers, 13 rescue planes and 26 intelligence and jamming aircraft, sources told CBS News.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Martie now buys bulk overstock from trendy companies, then ships orders from its Texas warehouse.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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One of those involved the ship's toilet, which has had problems dumping liquid waste overboard as required.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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And the Hindenburg, the largest airship in the world at the time, was the industry’s crowning achievement — as well as a propaganda vehicle for Nazi Germany.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
18 Feb. 2026
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The airship is an example of a technology called high-altitude wind energy (HAWE), which is effectively a floating wind turbine or generator.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Jan. 2026
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Then commandos used mini-helicopters to reach the mountains, extract the weapons officer, and fly him back to the airfield.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
11 Apr. 2026
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The woman was taken to a nearby hospital, then flown by helicopter to one in Denver.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Airframe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airframe. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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