fairings

plural of fairing, British

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Recent Examples of fairings Because the Ariane 6 rocket is expendable, Europe must increase production of all of the vehicle’s elements, from its solid-rocket motors to first-stage engines, in addition to upper stages and payload fairings. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 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 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
  • In the midst of everything, Granado Montano turned her Los Angeles restaurant, Full Arepas, into a relief hub, filling shipping containers with donations to be sent to Venezuela.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The undercover reporter posed as the British son of a wealthy American who was willing to funnel money to Reform through his son, since foreign donations to political parties are prohibited under electoral law.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Investigators also found Chavez-DeRemer did not report the tickets, valued at approximately $100 a piece, as she was required to do, despite having completed ethics training explaining government policy on accepting gifts.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Those gifts included rodeo tickets, an alligator wallet and two cowboy hats, according to the report.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Place Vendôme serves as a place for leading maisons to unveil exhibitions and presentations, while emerging jewelry brands have tapped into attending tastemakers and buyers alongside the French and international press for visibility.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Users create nearly 3,000 presentations and 1,000 documents every minute, the company announced on Thursday.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Huskies are well aware of the difference in quality their next opponent presents.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
  • For the first time ever, Miami-Dade County Public Schools will let students stay home for Eid, a festive day in which friends and family gather to enjoy meals together and exchange presents after a month of fasting from sun up to sun down.
    Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Fairings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairings. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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