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airliners

noun

plural of airliner
as in airplanes

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  1. airplanes
  2. planes
  3. aircraft
  4. aeroplanes
  5. liners
  6. ships
  7. airships
Noun
  • Twenty-five years ago, 19 terrorists associated with al-Qaida hijacked commercial airplanes, crashing into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers and the Pentagon.
    — Jeremy Redmon, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Overhead, airplanes screech across a fat blue sky in a hurry to who knows where.
    — Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of airplanes
Noun
  • Instead, the private sector on both sides needs to educate itself, get on a few planes, and test some markets and products.
    — Barrett Bingley, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Miami airport is not equipped with arresting systems that the FAA says have been installed at more than 120 airports nationwide to safely stop planes that do go past the end of a runway.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of planes
Noun
  • In January 2025, an American Airlines regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers focused on a specific material used in aircraft and train interiors, including passenger-cabin flooring.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of aircraft
Noun
  • No distractions, no aeroplanes, no noise, no traffic.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Definition of aeroplanes
Noun
  • However, when using vinyl liners, the seams between the sections of a liner can often be visible.
    — Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Just be sure to look for liners topped with rust-resistant metal grommets, as a trail of rust streaking your liner is unsightly.
    — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026
Definition of liners
Noun
  • Another 2% of the global workforce is employed indirectly — heavy equipment and ships, for example, don't build themselves.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • According to data from shipping publication and intelligence company Lloyd’s List, crossings through the Bab el-Mandeb strait by ships above 18,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) have jumped from one in 2025 to 44 so far this year.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of ships
Noun
  • Although its rigid design hearkens back to the gargantuan airships of the early 20th century, Pathfinder 1 is almost completely different from any large airship that has flown before.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Oct. 2023
Definition of airships
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