planeload

noun

plane·​load ˈplān-ˌlōd How to pronounce planeload (audio)
: a load that fills an airplane

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McGee details how Apple, obsessed with maintaining their quality standards, would literally send planeloads of their engineers and others to China to teach Chinese workers and executives how to properly make cutting-edge computers and electronic devices. Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 17 June 2025 The gang expanded throughout the diaspora and, as the U.S. deported planeloads of ex-convicts starting in the 1990s, took root in El Salvador. T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 June 2025 But in 1986, after three years of public protests, the Marcoses fled into exile, with a planeload of jewels, cash, and gold bars. Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 26 May 2025 After several planeloads of such transfers, courts have blocked any further use of the law for now. Charlie Savage, New York Times, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for planeload

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of planeload was in 1925

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“Planeload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planeload. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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