turboprops

noun

plural of turboprop
as in jets

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  1. jets
  2. aircraft
  3. tankers
Noun
  • China holds a trump card in rare earths — critical minerals necessary for making many items, from smartphones to electric vehicles and fighter jets.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In a series of Facebook posts, Romanian defense minister Radu-Dinel Miruţă said F-16 fighter jets destroyed a marine drone in the vicinity of the Neptun Deep gas project in the Black Sea on Thursday.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of jets
Noun
  • And by coincidence, NIAC awarded funding to another research group, led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that was interested in using EHD propulsion for Earthborne aircraft.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Britain mobilized dozens of civilian vessels within days of the outbreak of the war, using commercial ships to transport aircraft, fuel and other supplies.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of aircraft
Noun
  • There has been very limited demand to book tankers to load oil from ports in the Persian Gulf, a step that would need to happen for shipments from the export installations to happen, shipbrokers and tanker owners said Friday.
    — Alex Longley, Fortune, 20 June 2026
Definition of tankers
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