Thesaurus results for TURBOPROP

turboprop

noun

as in jet

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Recent Examples of turboprop Besides Bombardier, other major aircraft manufacturers in Canada include De Havilland Aircraft of Canada, which makes turboprop planes and aircraft designed for maritime patrols and reconnaissance, and European aerospace giant Airbus. —

CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026 Teams also found additional wreckage, including parts of the aircraft frame and passenger seats, and visually identified what is believed to be the engine of the turboprop ATR 42-500 that crashed Saturday afternoon, Anwar said. —

Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026 Advanced agility greater than a traditional helicopter Bell Flight has earlier revealed that the aircraft combines the speed and range of the turboprop with advanced agility greater than a traditional helicopter. —

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026 On a blustery November day, a Cessna turboprop flew over Pennsylvania at 5,000 meters, in crosswinds of up to 70 knots—nearly as fast as the little plane was flying. —

Andrew Moseman, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for turboprop

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Five tankers laden with cargoes including diesel and jet fuel have u-turned in recent days and are now going to East Asia, according to ship-tracking data.

— Nicholas Lua, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Dramatic images captured orange flames curling around a domed roof beneath the night sky, as a silhouetted crane directed a water jet over the raging blaze.

— Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026