airliner

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Recent Examples of airliner It was rated between 300 and 550 horsepower, varying with the model, and although the R-975 was intended for use in aircraft, it was employed to power anything from helicopters and tanks to fighter jets and airliners. New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024 Visiting Champagne houses and tasting an astonishing number of wines to determine which specific bottlings will sparkle with flavor when served in the relatively dry and pressurized cabin of an airliner. Victoria M. Walker, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2024 Delta Air Lines – Shares fell nearly 5% after the airliner provided disappointing fourth-quarter revenue guidance . Sean Conlon, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024 Lightweight aircraft with no jet engines can be manufactured quicker than airliners or other aircraft. David Hambling, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for airliner 
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Noun
  • Another scene depicts an incident in which an airplane landed close to Heder’s character’s head during the renovation process.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In 2018, during his first term, Trump imposed tariffs of 30% to 50% on goods imported from China, forcing Beijing to retaliate with its own tariffs against US goods like aluminum, airplanes, cars, pork and soybeans.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The plane maker had seen most of its airplane production halted since the middle of September as more than 32,000 of its unionized machinists went on strike .
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Key Background The end of the seven-week strike is good news for Boeing amid the plane maker’s multiple crises.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Hardware as varied as air-defense systems, radars, missiles and aircraft packed the grounds indoors and out.
    Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Vance starts by bringing up the 1956 Suez crisis when the U.S. almost launched nukes against Moscow after an unidentified aircraft flew over Turkey and a British bomber fell from the sky.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • An aeroplane flies behind the Adani logo near a building construction site in Mumbai.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
  • As the bereaved families of those who died in Boeing aeroplane crashes gathered around a screen, there was a palpable sense of anticipation in the room.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
Noun
  • The ring liner will hold and conceal the trash bag within the trash can.
    Nora Colomer, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Shields wore her brunette tresses in waves, while her makeup consisted of brown eyeshadow, muted blush and mauve lip liner.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In effect, this creates a financial bias towards product line consolidations and against airframe innovation.
    Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Ideas for radical improvements of airframes are available.
    Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • During the rapprochement between China and the United States in the 1970s (which followed the split between China and the Soviet Union), North Korea hosted Soviet naval ships in its ports and allowed Soviet fighter jets to enter North Korean airspace.
    Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Officials received spa treatments, top-shelf alcohol, designer handbags, leather goods, designer furniture, watches, fountain pens, ornamental swords and handmade ship models, according to court documents.
    Elias Lopez, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • New Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg is grappling with a balance sheet strained by years of turmoil and the fallout from a strike, now in its seventh week, that is crippling manufacturing of the company’s main cash cow, the 737 Max jetliner.
    Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The company has spent much of this year scrambling to cut costs, including furloughing pilots, slashing flights and deferring Airbus jetliner orders.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024

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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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