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turboprop

noun

Definition of turboprop

as in jet

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Recent Examples of turboprop The aircraft — identified by the FAA as a Pacific Aerospace P750, a single-engine turboprop plane — was operated by Skydive Kansas City, the outlets reported. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026 The plane is a single-engine turboprop model that's popular for skydiving but has also proven useful for other uses, including cargo, aerial surveying, and medical evacuation flights. — CBS News, 14 June 2026 The aircraft involved was a single-engine turboprop model manufactured in 2020, The AP reported, noting it is widely used for skydiving operations and capable of operating on short runways. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026 The single-engine turboprop plane was operated by Skydive Kansas City, which has been in business since 1998 and has sister skydiving companies in Indianapolis and Wisconsin. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for turboprop

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Noun

But for each Russian innovation — first-person-view vehicles, jet power, fiber-optic tethers — Ukraine has developed countermeasures.

— David L. Stern, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
Across the first two weeks of the tournament alone, Infantino reportedly logged more than 20,000 miles of air travel, zigzagging the continent aboard a private jet.

— Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026

Definition of jet

Noun

Hybrid versions add turbojet propulsion, increasing top speed to 350 mph.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 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

Noun

The Pentagon is not revealing its equipment losses, but Tehran is claiming large numbers of US Black Hawk helicopters destroyed and base infrastructure like aircraft hangars heavily damaged in its days of attacks.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
The aircraft is operated by the private charter division of Qatar Airways, a World Cup sponsor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026

Definition of aircraft

Noun

The airline operates a small fleet of Embraer E175 and E190 jetliners, smaller planes with no middle seats.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2026
As expected, the ship—wider than and nearly as long a Boeing 777 jetliner—tipped over and exploded in a fireball, putting an exclamation point on V3’s trip halfway around the world from the Texas Gulf Coast.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026

Definition of jetliner

Noun

The Boeing 737 entered service in 1999 as a passenger aircraft before it was converted into a freighter in 2011.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
The 737-400 was first delivered as a passenger plane to Russia’s Aeroflot in 1999 and was converted to a freighter in 2012, according to Flightradar24.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

Oil prices rose above $90 a barrel for the first time in more than a month, as the conflict between the United States and Iran escalated further, resulting in the deaths of three US service members and a strike on a tanker.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
In comparison, about 300,000 barrels could be loaded onto a vessel that shuttles cargoes out to a bigger tanker offshore holding around 700,000 barrels.

— Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 18 July 2026

Definition of tanker

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