jetliners

plural of jetliner

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetliners
Noun
  • The two older Air Force One jets were already in the process of being replaced when Qatar gave the jet to the United States, which marked an unprecedented $400 million gift from a foreign country.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • In May 2026, for example, AirAsia announced an order for 150 Airbus A220s, signaling a shift toward smaller, more efficient jets.
    Christiaan Hen, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • FireSat will help incident commanders get better information more quickly, and, unlike fire-spotting aircraft, the satellites can linger over a fire for days or weeks and aren’t hampered by high winds or smoke.
    Eric Niiler, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • New York Harbor will host an international Parade of Sail featuring dozens of tall ships and more than 100 military aircraft in an aerial review.
    Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • There has been very limited demand to book tankers to load oil from ports in the Persian Gulf, a step that would need to happen for shipments from the export installations to happen, shipbrokers and tanker owners said Friday.
    Alex Longley, Fortune, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Attacks on ships — and the threat of them — virtually halted traffic in the waterway during the conflict, causing the price of oil to skyrocket and raising prices on many basic goods, including food, far beyond the region.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • But a growing number of ships are using a route close to the Omani coast instead, threatening Iran’s leverage over the waterway.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
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“Jetliners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetliners. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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