Thesaurus results for SUPERLINER

superliner

noun

Definition of superliner

as in steamship

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Recent Examples of superliner The bi-level superliner cars offer a higher vantage point, Magliari said. — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2024 With daily departures from Chicago Union station, the superliner service rumbles through Illinois chasing mile after mile of golden-red corn fields before thudding over the Mississippi river into Iowa. — Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2022 The Mulsanne is a large luxury superliner of Bentley refinement and filigree that work flawlessly as luxurious separators from the competition, mainly the Rolls-Royce Phantom and Mercedes-Maybach S600. — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Aug. 2017

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Noun

Passenger boats have not passed through these parts since the days of the steamship petered all the way out some 60 years ago.

— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
The paperboard card could be used to buy airline, steamship and cruise tickets, but the balance had to be paid in full each month.

— USA Today, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of steamship

Noun

Elsewhere, Arca took festival glam into more experimental territory with graphic liner and a delicate flush of pink, while Elisha Herbert embraced a smoky, high-shine look for Mugler.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026
Miguel Vargas was doubled off second on Kyle Teel’s sharp liner to end the fifth.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of liner

Noun

The prologue starts in 1986 in Newfoundland with a family relocating, uprooting their lives in the most all-encompassing of ways, taking their entire home — propped up on a barge and steered by a lone motorboat — across a bay.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
That is especially true for remote communities that must have their fuel flown in or delivered by barge before the rivers ice over.

— Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

Dragon is the only currently operational freighter that can carry cargo in the downward direction.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
New orders secured The company has reportedly attracted over 100 orders for the new freighter even as flight testing gets underway.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

Strong demand for oil, particularly from Asia, continues to provide an incentive for tanker operators to transport energy supplies from the Persian Gulf, even as security threats complicate voyages.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Smaller ships occupied other berths, and one tanker was loading at an offshore mooring, with a UAE naval corvette standing guard nearby.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

Courtesy Porsche Porsche on Thursday revealed a concept car called Mission S that signals a new design direction and flagship model for the famed German sports carmaker.

— Michael Wayland, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Also, a startup spun out of EV-maker Rivian, debuted its flagship e-bike, the TM-B, last year.

— Charlotte Hu, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of flagship

Noun

The 22-year-old emerged from the woods Wednesday evening after a six-day disappearance and knocked on the driver’s side window of a search-and-rescue cruiser.

— Angie Orellana Hernandez, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Thorpe allegedly drove the cruiser into neighboring Clayton County before crashing into a tanker truck on Interstate 675.

— Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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