airliner

noun

Definition of airlinernext
as in airplane

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Recent Examples of airliner 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 This is not a commercial airliner that has crashed. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026 Stepping off the airliner was not a victorious soccer team, however, but rather the man who has become an emblem of what critics say are America’s strict anti-immigration policies colliding with the world’s biggest sporting event. — Abigail Williams, NBC news, 10 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
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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