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trijet

noun

Definition of trijet

as in jet

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Recent Examples of trijet The aircraft was described by the FAA as a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a trijet wide-body airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and later Boeing. — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 Each day at noon, French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Falcon flew a solo lap around the circuit in its flagship Falcon 7X trijet. — Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 7 Oct. 2015

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Noun

Since it was designated the first national recreation area in 1964, hordes of visitors have cut Lake Mead’s glassy surface with jet skis and boats, carelessly dropping belongings that may now wash up on shore.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Friday evening brings the return of the Premier League and, with it, nine more months of twists and turns, quality and controversy, and, for fans of the 20 clubs involved, more ups and downs than a FIFA president’s private jet during a World Cup.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of jet

Noun

Totality from a turboprop A nine-passenger King Air turboprop chartered from Norlandair will fly from Reykjavík Airport, Iceland, north to south to intercept the path of totality in a flight known as Umbracept.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The single-engine turboprop plane was built in 2010, according to FAA records.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of turboprop

Noun

Supporting missile programs The TJ150 is a compact turbojet that produces more than 150 pounds of thrust while operating efficiently at high altitudes.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 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

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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

Definition of jetliner

Noun

In addition to the main event, there will also be a prerace show and flyovers of military aircraft, which swooped and boomed over the city during the July Fourth celebrations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Similar experiments have already shown that photons can be transmitted from aircraft to ground stations, pointing toward mobile and satellite-based quantum networks.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of aircraft

Noun

The most common type of vessel traveling through the strait was the product tanker, which typically transports refined petroleum products.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
With tanker traffic out of the Persian Gulf constricted over the past six months, higher exports from other countries, especially the US, have helped close the gap and keep prices relatively in check.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

The ship is similar in size and capacity to the Sanchi, an Iranian ship that collided with a freighter off China in 2018 in the world’s worst oil tanker disaster in decades.

— Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
Ground handling and tarmac loading have fully resumed, though flight schedules will require another 24-to-48 hours to clear passenger and freighter backlogs.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026

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