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Recent Examples of airliner
The unanticipated additional crew members sometimes made for tight sleeping quarters in the space station, which Williams describes as about the size of an airliner inside.
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
There were 135 passengers and seven crew onboard the airliner.
—Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
The Dream Chaser is designed to deliver cargo and eventually people to orbit, landing as gently as a commercial airliner.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
At least four Korean conglomerates have announced deals and investment plans worth tens of billions of dollars, such as plans by the country’s top airliner Korean Air to spend $50 billion on aircraft and engine orders from Boeing and others.
—Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
There were 135 passengers and seven crew onboard the airliner.
—Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
The Dream Chaser is designed to deliver cargo and eventually people to orbit, landing as gently as a commercial airliner.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
At least four Korean conglomerates have announced deals and investment plans worth tens of billions of dollars, such as plans by the country’s top airliner Korean Air to spend $50 billion on aircraft and engine orders from Boeing and others.
—Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airliner
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An American Airlines Airbus A321 taxis at San Diego International Airport as a United Airlines airplane departs on August 24, 2024 in San Diego, California.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Schichts managed to survive and thrive, building the company, merging with Unilever, founding a cinema, building international networks and even taking to the skies in airplane races.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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The two walked together from the plane to their waiting limousine, Ohtani dressed in a black training suit and cap while Tanaka sported an all-black outfit.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Looking forward to seeing Becks on our plane ride home.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Air Force's largest military cargo aircraft was used to lift an amphibious screw tractor to the site to help with ice removal.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Another federal bill introduced last year — the Safe Air on Airplanes Act — would have gradually phased out the use of bleed-air systems that lead to fumes events on commercial aircraft.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Oct. 2025
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The technology can fuel any form of transport, including yachts, ships, ferries, aeroplanes, trains, cars, buses, and trucks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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Her child looks up at the aeroplane in the sky, flying through dusk, through twilight, flying through the beginning of the end of the day.—
Deborah Levy,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps no single network has encapsulated the struggle more than Germany’s ProSieben, which has spent much of the past two years turning around a huge broadcast liner to become a digital-first business that places jack-of-all-trades streamer Joyn at the center.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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Lip liner—a bona fide ’90s beauty hero—has had a major comeback in recent years.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
24 Oct. 2025
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These lightweight screens add to the smooth, streamlined design of the laminar-flow airframe, engineered to minimize drag and improve fuel efficiency.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
12 Oct. 2025
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Depending on mission requirements, the modular airframe can scale from Group 3 systems, weighing 56 and 1,320 pounds, to Group 4 and 5 classes exceeding 1,320 pounds.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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Moscow has been accused of hybrid warfare measures in the region; German media outlet Kieler Nachrichten reported Thursday that the Russian amphibious Ropucha-class landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin anchored off the German coast and blocked a key shipping route between the Baltic and the North Seas.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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That research, for example, recently discovered a survivor of the 1912 Titanic disaster was – by sheer chance – buried within feet of a man who worked on the ship that rescued her.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Jennifer Buchanan | Via Reuters Boeing has won regulator approval to ramp up production of its best-selling 737 Max jetliners to 42 a month, a milestone for the manufacturer nearly two years after the Federal Aviation Administration capped its output after a midair near-catastrophe.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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Two notable episodes include the Trump Organization striking a deal in April to develop a golf resort in Qatar, the first such foreign deal since Trump took office a second time in January, and Trump's acceptance of a luxury jetliner gifted by Qatar in May.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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