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liner

noun

Definition of liner

as in plane

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Recent Examples of liner Elsewhere, Julia Fox erupted on the scene, sporting skinny brows, overly blushed cheeks, black liner and glossed lips, no less. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 Regulars return for the rooftop pool (imagine an early 1900s ocean liner), the Knightsbridge zip code, and its prime location across the street from Hyde Park. — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026 This pair is covered in a soft, fuzzy liner for extra cushion. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2026 When things get too absurd or heavy, a one liner pops in and Olesen knows how to do the set up, and then, the mic drop. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for liner

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Noun

Some 10 days after the attack, the soldiers were loaded onto a cargo plane.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
There's also a showroom for a collection of vintage cars and planes, including a Ford Model T and the motorcycle from Easy Rider; and an on-grounds wildlife habit made up of animals that have been rehomed from other facilities.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of plane

Noun

Navy officials initially said leadership had not observed an increase in suicidal ideations or attempts aboard the ship.

— Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
The ministry said that port and ship repair facilities in the southern Odesa region and ships carrying cargo for the Ukrainian military were also hit.

— SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of ship

Noun

The number includes both airplanes and helicopters as well as drones, with the MQ-9 Reaper drone – used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, close air support and combat search and rescue – accounting for more than half of the losses.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Officials say residents in the affected counties should expect to spot low-flying airplanes or helicopters during these times.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of airplane

Noun

All 176 passengers and crew members on board were killed by Iranian surface-to-air missiles that brought the Boeing 737 airliner down, with Iranian authorities at first covering up the tragedy.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Today, Heart Aerospace unveiled a 36-seat hybrid-electric regional airliner designed to fly passengers to and from community airports with fewer emissions.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of airliner

Noun

But the time required for the largest tankers to rest outside the strait waiting for crude deliveries from smaller vessels has effectively created a tanker shortage.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
London — Oil prices climbed Thursday on continued worries about global supply following a record number of tanker attacks that sent crossings through the Strait of Hormuz to a two-month low.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

The aircraft is particularly suited to Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), maritime surveillance, anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Data from Flightradar24 showed a number of aircraft searching south of the island.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of aircraft

Noun

Bye Aerospace also expects interest from air taxi operators and private owners.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
To make things even more complicated, the only possible way to travel between the small town on the south shore of Lake Clark and surrounding, metropolitan like the state’s capital or Anchorage is via a roughly hours-long seaplane air taxi.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of air taxi

Noun

The team continuously received the returning light while the airship drifted.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
Brown says the company plans a blimp that can stay aloft for 24 hours or more within a year, which raises the question of what an advertising airship does at night.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of airship

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