Thesaurus results for JETLINER

jetliner

noun

Definition of jetliner

as in jet

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Recent Examples of jetliner JetBlue employees found Sammuel Lackey, 32, sleeping aboard a 2012 Airbus A320 during a routine interior inspection prior to moving the jetliner early Sunday, according to an arrest affidavit by the Broward Sheriff’s Office. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 The Tupolev Tu-104 was a type of jetliner originally designed to transport 50 passengers. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 July 2026 Generating enough force to lift their dense, commercial-jetliner-sized bodies would end up breaking their bones. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026 The airline operates a small fleet of Embraer E175 and E190 jetliners, smaller planes with no middle seats. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for jetliner

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Noun

Tensions had already intensified Monday when Pakistani fighter jets struck sites in eastern Afghanistan that Islamabad described as militant hideouts.

— MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
In a video cameo, Cruise gave the monarch a shout-out while in a fighter jet.

— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of jet

Noun

In 2021, the company unveiled the eFlyer 800, an eight-seat, all-electric aircraft intended to offer performance comparable to that of a twin turboprop.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
Gamera places a Honeywell TPE331 turboprop in a nacelle mounted between the two fuselages above the wing.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of turboprop

Noun

The human pilot would then become the decision-maker while the autonomous aircraft provide additional sensors, weapons, and physical aircraft.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
The issue comes after years of delays of Boeing’s Max planes following safety and manufacturing crises, including the two deadly crashes of Max 8 aircraft in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.

— Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of aircraft

Noun

Specter uses a turbojet propulsion system built around a modular airframe.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
But then the development of modern high-bypass turbofan jet engines that are 75% quieter than 1960s-technology turbojets eliminated much of the controversy.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 June 2026

Definition of turbojet

Noun

Amazon controls the aircraft operated by 21 Air on its behalf, although the underlying ownership and leasing arrangements vary by freighter.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
The freighter will deliver this cargo three days after launch, if all goes according to plan.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

Police said a white Peterbilt semi truck driving north with a tractor and tanker trailer struck the pedestrian.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
In response, the Saudis redirected Asia shipments northwest to the Mediterranean, either through the Suez Canal or — for tankers too big to use it — a pipeline across Egypt to another tanker.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

Then, in July, whatever remained of the truce between the Saudis and the Houthis collapsed, after the Saudis, who control Yemen’s airspace, refused to let an Iranian airliner land at the airport in Sana’a.

— Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Flight 77 struck the building’s western face, killing 184 people — 125 inside and 59 aboard the airliner.

— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of airliner

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