airliner

noun

Definition of airlinernext
as in airplane

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Recent Examples of airliner The plane stopped, passengers scurried to the terminal and airport employees climbed up on the wings trying to keep the airliner from blowing away. — Dan Kelly july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026 Boeing developed the platform from the commercial 737 Next Generation airliner before extensively modifying it for military operations. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026 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, 6 July 2026 Cooler heads prevail An airliner comes in to land at Heathrow Airport, London. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 July 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
  • Castlelake is a major lender to airlines and has leased airplanes to ‌about 200 carriers.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Airlines must inspect the area on a schedule based on each airplane’s usage and repair any cracking before returning an affected airplane to service.
    — Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of airplane
Noun
  • Several flights, including one passenger plane, were diverted to other airports after the sighting of the flying object near the airport shortly before midnight.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a small plane on a training flight that made an emergency landing on a Florida interstate Monday morning, narrowly missing highway signs and vehicles.
    — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of plane
Noun
  • Kuwait said on Saturday that Iranian forces launched a wave of drones within its airspace, with its military destroying multiple aircraft after Iran targeted critical infrastructure in the country's north.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Although Chinese authorities have not officially confirmed the aircraft or its development status, the latest visuals have renewed interest in Beijing’s progress toward a sixth-generation combat aircraft.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 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 soon after a contractor completed work on a protective blue liner, and the pool was refilled, there were reports of coating floating at the surface.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
  • For every show, the band is giving away four cruises aboard the cruise liner’s new ship Beachcomber, which makes its debut in January 2027.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of liner
Noun
  • Now, Archer, working in close partnership with Anduril, has introduced the Halo, a commercial variant sharing the same core airframe and systems, sans the weaponry.
    — David Szondy August 04, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026
  • These include possible improvements to the airframe, engine integration, and aerodynamic design, suggesting that engineers are continuing to evaluate and enhance the aircraft through successive flight tests.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of airframe
Noun
  • At least two ships were hit in the Strait of Hormuz in the past week, while several others reported near misses or warnings from entities claiming to represent Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, according to maritime data company Lloyd’s List Intelligence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Six vessels moved into the Persian Gulf — five cargo ships and one tanker — while one cargo ship exited into the Gulf of Oman.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • The Tupolev Tu-104 was a type of jetliner originally designed to transport 50 passengers.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 July 2026
  • Generating enough force to lift their dense, commercial-jetliner-sized bodies would end up breaking their bones.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
Definition of jetliner

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