jetliner

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Recent Examples of jetliner At this point in time, both Airbus and Boeing have not announced a new jetliner design, but JetZero has. Alex Krutz, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 The older-model, single-aisle jetliner, a predecessor to the Boeing 737 Max 8, has been really popular throughout its production. Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2025 The jetliner skidded off a runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames on Sunday after its landing gear apparently failed to deploy. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024 The jetliner burst into flames after hitting the dirt and wall, where a localizer, which guides planes onto the runway, had been installed. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for jetliner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetliner
Noun
  • Fighter jets are routinely towed around the hangar deck to park them where they are needed for any flight operations or other work.
    CBS News, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The two airman inside the jet were said to have escaped safely.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the late ’50s, this aviation company grew up with Grumman Aircraft Engineering Co. following its first twin turboprop production.
    Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The Cessna aircraft, a single-engine turboprop operated by Bering Air, departed from Unalakleet for Nome — a trip of about 150 miles — on February 7 with nine passengers and a pilot onboard, Alaska’s Department of Public Safety said.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Russian leader Vladimir Putin deployed emergency aircraft to help with containment.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The fiery crash sent both aircrafts plummeting into the Potomac River, and 67 people were killed in the historic disaster.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.
    Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.
    Andrew King, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The companies had ordered hundreds of new freighters when flush with cash from the boom in global trade during the pandemic.
    Peter Eavis, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Ross’ outside-of-the-box ingenuity also fueled a project by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans that found Ross shipping himself in a freighter crate that journeyed from Rhode Island to Alabama.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The overnight strike on the Ras Isa port sent massive fireballs billowing skyward and turned tanker trucks into burning wrecks.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Satellite images reveal additional deployments, including KC-135 refueling tankers.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2020
Noun
  • The next-generation airliner was billions of dollars over budget and three years late.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • But why isn't the future Airbus airliner running on hydrogen?
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetliner. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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