airliner

noun

Definition of airlinernext
as in airplane

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Recent Examples of airliner In the 1960s, the US government and major aircraft manufacturers were keen to be in on the race to build the first supersonic airliner. — David Szondy july 02, New Atlas, 2 July 2026 Boom Supersonic is developing a supersonic airliner called Overture with the goal of delivering the first aircraft to customers by 2029. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026 The central image was an airliner, something that, like life itself, experiences highs, lows and turbulence. — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 21 June 2026 The jet is a Boeing VC-25B Bridge, the military conversion of a Boeing 747-8 airliner. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for airliner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airliner
  1. airplane
  2. plane
  3. aircraft
  4. aeroplane
  5. liner
  6. airframe
  7. ship
  8. jetliner
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
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
  • 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 occasional booing of famous England players has been an integral part of the Wembley experience over the years, almost as commonplace as paper aeroplanes.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2026
  • No distractions, no aeroplanes, no noise, no traffic.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of aeroplane
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
Noun
  • Building a paper airplane can be as demanding as building the airframe of a real aircraft.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026
  • Quesst—a needle-nosed experimental aircraft with an airframe designed to reduce the typical sonic boom to a sonic thump.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of airframe
Noun
  • After the Tuesday ship attacks, the US launched a fresh wave of strikes, hitting 80 targets across Iran.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
  • The launch fits a familiar Silicon Valley pattern — ship products first, ask for forgiveness later.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • The airline operates a small fleet of Embraer E175 and E190 jetliners, smaller planes with no middle seats.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2026
  • As expected, the ship—wider than and nearly as long a Boeing 777 jetliner—tipped over and exploded in a fireball, putting an exclamation point on V3’s trip halfway around the world from the Texas Gulf Coast.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026
Definition of jetliner

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