fairings

plural of fairing, British

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Recent Examples of fairings Conventional launch vehicles secure their payloads inside protective fairings that fall away from the rocket completely once damaging aerodynamic forces disappear in the vacuum of space. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026 As part of the contract, Beyond Gravity will produce 20 long and seven short fairings. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026 On Falcon 9 launches, the company recovers the booster and payload fairings but tosses the upper stage, which puts a floor under how cheap each launch can get. Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 12 June 2026 The vertical launch horizontal landing spaceplane will be mated to a launch vehicle and will not be encapsulated in the launch vehicle fairings. Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026 The material was also used in the fenders, fairings and winglets on the Suzuki GSX-R1000R for the the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race over the last couple of years. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026 Boeing’s uncrewed spacecraft fits in normal rocket fairings, or nosecones, and has flown five times on United Launch Alliance Atlas V rockets, once on SpaceX Falcon 9 and once on Falcon Heavy. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025 The prototype that Sarcos demonstrated had all of the functionality of the version that will ship in January, but latter models will include plastic fairings over the suit as well as quick-change end-effectors. IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairings
Noun
  • The Grocery Spot is now appealing to the community for financial support, warning that without additional donations it could be forced to close.
    Jamal Goss, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The hospital’s only refrigerator capable of storing blood donations was also damaged by a power surge following the quake, rendering transfusions impossible.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • After that, the two tinkered with a few start-up concepts, including one meant to help people surprise their friends with gifts—like wine at a restaurant.
    Andrew Zucker, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026
  • People were more reluctant to use AI when choosing gifts for close friends.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The event featured live music, free giveaways that included Chromebooks, gas cards and biometric gun safes, and presentations from guests who spoke about safety.
    David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The awards presentations will take place in Venice on Sept 6 and 7 as part of the inaugural Liberatum Art & Cinema, a new multidisciplinary programme staged to mark the cultural group’s twenty-fifth anniversary.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Traditional interviews were built to assess how a candidate presents, communicates, and thinks on their feet.
    Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Bottom line Having bad credit presents challenges when applying for a mortgage.
    Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Fairings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairings. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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