How to Use booster in a Sentence

booster

noun
  • Music is my favorite mood booster.
  • A sincere compliment can be a true confidence booster.
  • The university has a number of wealthy boosters who contribute generously each year.
  • These exercises are real metabolism boosters.
  • Three of the 33 engines on the Starship’s booster stage were shut down before the rocket even left the launch pad.
    Kenneth Chang, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
  • And he was known in the area for paying really poor rates to his boosters.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Most games of this style have a starter box and can then be expanded with cards bought in booster packs.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Three of the 33 engines on the Starship’s booster stage were shut down before the rocket even left the launchpad.
    Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • SpaceX will not attempt to recover the booster on this flight.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The booster making its fourth flight landed on Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
  • First stage booster flew for the sixth time and landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The Starship spacecraft, riding atop the booster, soared out over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
  • In the old days, that would have been taboo for a booster to make inferences about paying athletes.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • In fact, this car seat boasts three modes of use: rear-facing, forward-facing, and booster.
    Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Can the booster safely reenter the atmosphere and return to Earth?
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 20 Apr. 2023
  • However, your child will need a couple of boosters in this time frame.
    Parents Editors, Parents, 14 Nov. 2023
  • That led to the majority of the booster’s engines going out.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • That referred to the fiery ending of the first flight for the company’s Starship spacecraft atop a Super Heavy booster.
    The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • About 43% of adults 65 and older have gotten the latest booster, according to the data.
    Madison Muller, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Instead, if all goes well, the first-stage booster, dubbed Super Heavy, would drop into the Gulf of Mexico.
    Kyle Arnold, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Lady Nina has three, with the two outer ones doing the steering and the center one acting as a booster.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Can all 33 of the booster’s engines ignite on time and safely carry the vehicle into the sky?
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Following April’s flight demo, SpaceX made dozens of improvements to the booster and its 33 engines as well as the launch pad.
    Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The boosters, the white rockets seen below each wing of Endeavour at liftoff, produced more than 80% of the lift during takeoff.
    Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • It can be consumed as a stand-alone product or added to other booster juices/drinks for added benefit.
    Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
  • All three vaccine boosters seem to confer at least some protection against the new variants.
    Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2023
  • SpaceX test fired the nine engines powering the Falcon 9's first stage to verify the booster's readiness for flight.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • When the brake is applied, the documents explain, the tie rod studs may break, causing the master cylinder to separate from the brake booster.
    Alessandra Kaestner, Car and Driver, 9 July 2023
  • Early into the launch, SpaceX observed that all 33 of its Raptor engines in the booster worked as expected.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The dark Starship upper stage sits atop the Super Heavy first stage booster, the most powerful rocket ever built.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023

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