vapor trail

noun

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Many Californians have gawked at the big, bright vapor trail made by SpaceX rockets carrying Starlink satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024 Afterwards, any pizza plans are scuppered when the sound of police sirens fills the air and the skyline becomes a blitz of vapor trails. Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 June 2024 Advertisement Although few people had even heard of atmospheric rivers just a couple of decades ago, research into the mammoth vapor trails has proved critical to California water planning and public safety. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024 But this parallels the storm's counterclockwise swing and its atmospheric river, a vapor trail that has soaked up tropical precipitation near Hawaii and swept it northeast to California. NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for vapor trail 

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vapor trail was in 1941

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“Vapor trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vapor%20trail. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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