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Recent Examples of supersonic
But this is the year the FAA will once again open the door to supersonics.
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Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2019
The Devils landed winger Patrick Maroon, no stranger to riding shotgun beside former superstar teammates like Connor McDavid and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as the supersonic Michael Grabner last Thursday.
—Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
Simply put, not enough passengers could afford to fly supersonic.
—Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2017
The SuperSonics had back-to-back picks, Nos. 6 and 7, after their championship and took Rutgers’ James Bailey ahead of Johnson.
—cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
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Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2019
The Devils landed winger Patrick Maroon, no stranger to riding shotgun beside former superstar teammates like Connor McDavid and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as the supersonic Michael Grabner last Thursday.
—Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
Simply put, not enough passengers could afford to fly supersonic.
—Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2017
The SuperSonics had back-to-back picks, Nos. 6 and 7, after their championship and took Rutgers’ James Bailey ahead of Johnson.
—cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersonic
Noun
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The quarterback went from almost a dead stop to turning on the jets with one thing in mind — score.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Cat mistakenly left on a plane This cat named Mittens became an accidental jet setter when her cage was overlooked multiple times in a plane cargo hold!—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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As ramjets forego moving parts like the compressor and turbine components found in traditional turbojets, the design is more compact, lightweight, efficient, and cost-effective to produce.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Dec. 2024
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Those advantages also have a downside: ramjets are entirely ineffective at low speeds and are often accompanied by turbojets to handle subsonic flight, where the airspeed isn't enough to feed air-hungry ramjet engines.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Previously, the small runway could only handle helicopters and small turboprop planes from Reykjavik and other settlements in Greenland.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
3 Dec. 2024
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The Special Olympics Airlift was the idea of a former CEO of Textron Aviation, which makes Citation business jets and Beechcraft turboprops, to transport athletes from all over the U.S. to the games.—
Julie Boatman,
Robb Report,
29 Oct. 2024
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Since uniting last year in a powerful alliance, gangs have opened fire on three U.S. jetliners, shot at a U.N. helicopter, raided the two largest prisons and carried out several massacres.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
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At this point in time, both Airbus and Boeing have not announced a new jetliner design, but JetZero has.—
Alex Krutz,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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According to the Associated Press, Mittens was traveling with her family from Christchurch, New Zealand to their new permanent location in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 13, when staff forgot to remove her from the aircraft on arrival.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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The object suddenly shifted its longitudinal axis, aligned it with my aircraft and began to climb.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Supersonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersonic. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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