turboprop

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Recent Examples of turboprop The Code of Federal Regulations governs operations under air carriers (large commercial aircraft, including cargo and passenger planes), commuter and on-demand carriers (aircraft with fewer than 10 passenger seats) and general aviation (aircraft including turboprops and miscellaneous jets). Loreben Tuquero, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2025 The disappearance of the single-engine turboprop ignited a massive search in harsh weather by state and federal agencies until a helicopter spotted the plane Friday. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025 Jackson also has a turboprop in Coeur d’Alene ($1,515 per hour). David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2025 Cal Fire also operates larger C-130 Hercules four-engine turboprop aircraft, which can dump about 3,000 gallons per load. Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for turboprop
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Noun
  • The parade, watched by thousands of people in Beijing and broadcast live, showcased ranks of marching soldiers, missiles, modern fighter jets and other military might as China seeks to wield greater influence on the global stage.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Coming to their apparent rescue are groomed, muscular men in polished videos, smoking cigars, sitting in private jets, doing push ups and whispering that men’s pain is because of women.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Boeing previously admitted that two of its 737 MAX flight technical pilots deceived the Federal Aviation Administration’s aircraft evaluation group about an aircraft part known as MCAS that affected the flight control system of the Boeing 737 MAX.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The airline announced Friday that its first plane with secondary cockpit barriers had gone into service, and Southwest expects to have 26 aircraft fitted with the device in service by the end of the year.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The United Airlines jetliner went down in Lake Michigan off the Lake Forest shoreline killing 30 passengers and crew.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The controller could see from a window that the helicopter was too close, but the controller did not alert the jetliner.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Andrew Pepler — the great-great-great grandson of James Carruthers, the shipping executive after whom a sunken freighter was named — said the news that the missing ship was finally found overwhelmed him with a flood of emotions.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2020
Noun
  • The proposal relies on Starship being refueled in low-Earth orbit by multiple Starship tanker launches.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The most recent mission on Tuesday lasted six hours and was not supported by an aerial refueling tanker.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The line integrates every stage of manufacturing—materials preparation, airframe and component production, testing, and final assembly—maximizing productivity and quality, according to the report.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The result is an airframe resembling a flying spindle.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Turboprop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turboprop. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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