jetliner

noun

jet·​lin·​er ˈjet-ˌlī-nər How to pronounce jetliner (audio)
: a jet-propelled airliner

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Applications Of Petroleum Petroleum fuels the engines of our civilization, from the hum of automobiles to the roar of jetliners soaring across the skies. Sahit Muja, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 Videos circulating online appear to show the exact moment when the bird flies into one of the jetliner’s engines. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024 The long-profitable company’s fortunes soured after two of its 737 Max jetliners crashed in October 2018 and March 2019, killing 346 people. David Koenig and Manuel Valdes, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024 Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing's longtime fuselage contractor Spirit AeroSystems, was a vocal critic of the manufacturing processes used in the production of the 737 MAX jetliner. David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for jetliner 

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of jetliner was in 1949

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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jetliner. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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