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airliner

noun

Definition of airlinernext
as in airplane

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Recent Examples of airliner In 1983, 269 people were killed when a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet fighter jet after the airliner entered Soviet airspace. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Looking to innovation as jet fuel prices rise Having the extended 500-mile range would enable the ES-30 hybrid-electric airliner to operate in popular short-haul corridors that connect major US and European cities. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026 Coen, however, said that the X-59 is not a prototype for an airliner. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 On July 27, 1962, two Russian cosmonauts boarded a Soviet airliner and experienced weightlessness without going to space. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 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
  • Not long after, the airplane experienced a complete loss of engine power.
    — Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • This results in a synthetic crude oil that can be further refined and used a fuel for cars, trucks and even airplanes.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of airplane
Noun
  • On the plane from Lisbon to London, a fire broke out in the cockpit.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The pool covers events that are widely open to the press and is in more limited spaces like awaiting the president underneath the wing of Air Force One and travelling with him aboard the plane.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of plane
Noun
  • All 18 men, dressed in blue jumpsuits, were seen boarding the large gray military aircraft.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Designed to fly at Mach 2 The TMS-10 project centers on a 10- to 15-seat supersonic business aircraft intended for business travel and high-end tourism.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 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
  • Ross’ hair was cleanly slicked back, and her makeup was natural and fresh, save for a subtle smokey eye created with a black liner at the outer third of her eyes.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Spencer Torkelson led off the sixth with a liner to the left field corner, but Grichuk threw him out at second.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of liner
Noun
  • Electric aircraft enters testing The eFlyer 2 pairs an electric propulsion system with a lightweight composite airframe.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Operating them isn't merely a matter of shrinking standard flight systems down into a smaller airframe or designing around the absence of a cockpit.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of airframe
Noun
  • Some of the guests on board had upcoming bookings for the top-of-the-line (and priced like it) ship, though many remained quite fond of our Le Lyrial.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • New assistants, agents and editor plug-ins ship every month aimed squarely at engineers, who are bombarded with ads and news about each release.
    — Rob Black, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • The second hijacked jetliner, United Airlines Flight 175, struck the South Tower 17 minutes later, slamming into the 78th through 84th floors.
    — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The veteran journalist initially thought the jetliner might hit 2 Penn Plaza, the office building that overlooks Madison Square Garden.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of jetliner

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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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