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liner

noun

Definition of liner

as in plane

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Recent Examples of liner The shimmery shade was used as eye shadow complimenting Nash-Betts’ long black lashes, and also paired as a gloss with brown lip liner to finish off the glam designed by Naima Jamal. — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026 Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 18 of 23 shots, including one off the mask on MacKinnon's liner. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Sal Frelick hit a hard liner to left, but it was hauled in by Chandler Simpson on the run. — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026 The process, called cured-in-place pipe lining, involves inserting a flexible liner into the old pipe, inflating it and hardening it in place. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for liner

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Noun

Deputies said those aboard a nearby boat came to the assistance of possibly two people on the plane.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
The people who were killed on the plane are owed a duty of safety and a duty of care by the manufacturer of the aircraft, the pilot and all involved parties, but the same duty is owed to the people on the ground.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of plane

Noun

It was selected as the foundation of Britain’s five-ship Type 31 programme, which is being built at Babcock’s Rosyth shipyard in Scotland.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
The Navy has used the cessation of hostilities to restock ships with munitions and supplies, completing a significant replenishment of weapons for the USS George Washington last week.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

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Noun

In February 2023, 222 Nicaraguans boarded an airplane in Managua, uncertain what awaited them in the United States.

— Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
The short sortie—which lasted about a mile and reached only about 70 feet in altitude—made the 320-foot-wide behemoth the largest airplane ever to take flight.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of airplane

Noun

Solar panels and antennas are typically the first to tear off, and at around 78 kilometers [48 miles], roughly eight times the height of a passing airliner, the main body breaks apart.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Boom Supersonic, a US aerospace company best known for developing the Overture supersonic passenger airliner, has unveiled its first 14,000-pound turbine core, designed to support both high-speed aircraft and natural gas power generation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of airliner

Noun

Video recorded by people inside their cars captured the terrifying moment the aircraft plunged from the sky, before striking near the roadway and exploding.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Preliminary information suggests the aircraft that crashed is a business jet.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of aircraft

Noun

This means the airship can handle wind speeds of up to 45 km/h, but the company also uses weather forecasts to plan inspection routes that take advantage of wind direction rather than fighting against it.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
The stratospheric platform has an auto-navigation system that allows the airship to fly on its own between point A and point B while accounting for factors like local wind conditions, Truong explained.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of airship

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