Thesaurus results for TURBOJET

turbojet

noun

Definition of turbojet

as in turboprop

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Recent Examples of turbojet Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it. — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025 The sides fell from the packing crate, and the Roadrunner, a squat device that looked a little like a penguin, was propelled upward by two turbojets. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025 Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more. — Andrew King, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025 For a humanoid robot whose weight is larger than 15 kg, turbojets might be considered. — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2018 See All Example Sentences for turbojet

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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

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Many of the jet owners keep their aircraft for personal use, flying under the FAA’s Part 91 regulations.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Pakistan ‌has since deployed about 8,000 troops, fighter jets, drones and an air defense system to the kingdom, Reuters reported in May, and has pursued wider Gulf ‌security ties.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of jet

Noun

The aircraft was cleared, passengers were permitted to reboard, and the flight continued without further incident.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
In a traditional operational environment, information may have to pass through multiple human operators and system interfaces before a new task reaches another aircraft.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of aircraft

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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

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Now, Archer, working in close partnership with Anduril, has introduced the Halo, a commercial variant sharing the same core airframe and systems, sans the weaponry.

— David Szondy August 04, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026
These include possible improvements to the airframe, engine integration, and aerodynamic design, suggesting that engineers are continuing to evaluate and enhance the aircraft through successive flight tests.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of airframe

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Six vessels moved into the Persian Gulf — five cargo ships and one tanker — while one cargo ship exited into the Gulf of Oman.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, a tanker reported hearing two explosions off the coast of Oman while transiting Hormuz, according to a Wednesday incident report from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

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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