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Recent Examples of jetliner
Boeing's 787 aircraft is the only commercial jetliner that does not draw air through the aircraft's engine.
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
The roughly 3,000-square-foot residence offers floor-to-ceiling glass, a deck with jetliner views, a rich red home theater, and an open-concept living space set high above the Sunset Strip.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2025
The company said its jetliner deliveries drove it back into cash-positive territory for the first time in nearly two years in October.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
Many of my co-workers had previously worked at the Boeing aircraft company and reeled off rollicking facts about how during the steep, screaming plunge before a jetliner crash the passengers’ internal organs will actually begin to liquify.
—Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
The roughly 3,000-square-foot residence offers floor-to-ceiling glass, a deck with jetliner views, a rich red home theater, and an open-concept living space set high above the Sunset Strip.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2025
The company said its jetliner deliveries drove it back into cash-positive territory for the first time in nearly two years in October.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
Many of my co-workers had previously worked at the Boeing aircraft company and reeled off rollicking facts about how during the steep, screaming plunge before a jetliner crash the passengers’ internal organs will actually begin to liquify.
—Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetliner
Noun
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Twin-engine Air Force A-10 attack jets have also been deployed, CENTCOM said.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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The police command spokesman for Nangarhar province, Said Tayyeb Hammad, said that anti-aircraft missiles were used from the provincial capital, Jalalabad, and surrounding areas on Pakistani fighter jets flying overhead Sunday morning.—
ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Navy Hawkeye, a twin-engine turboprop, provides similar information while operating off US aircraft carriers.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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In October 2008, Chris Bretherton lifted off from the coast of northern Chile in a C-130 turboprop plane.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Pentagon officials said they were killed in an unmanned aircraft attack on March 1 on Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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These tests focused on strength, toughness, and the material’s ability to be shaped and formed into aircraft components.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ukrainian officials report that it is powered by a JT80 turbojet from the Chinese company Telefly, offering greater thrust than the engine used in the Geran‑3.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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When the aircraft goes supersonic, the engine functions like a turbojet, with combustion going active to produce high-velocity thrust.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Such reboosts have historically been done by Russia's Progress freighter.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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It was converted to a bulk freighter in 1869.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE could approach storage constraints within three to four weeks if tanker flows remain restricted, excluding Saudi Arabia’s underground storage capacity, which is not captured in current modelling.—
Amena Bakr,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Already, eight supertankers have loaded from the area this month, putting shipments on course for a record, according to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.—
Christine Burke,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Mikel Arteta is taking his supersonic.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
Noun
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The airliner is set to unveil its next luxe lounge at New York’s JFK airport later this year.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the seven decades since the first paying passengers flew on a commercial jet airliner—from London to Johannesburg in 1952—the number of commercial flights has increased exponentially, while the risk of dying on one has grown incredibly small.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetliner. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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