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a person who actively supports or favors a cause
rah-rah boosters for the sports team will be attending the game and carrying large signs
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Recent Examples of boosters
SpaceX’s powerful Starship rocket lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas, on its fifth test flight last Sunday — and this time, the trial demonstrated the rapid recovery and reusability of its rocket boosters through an unprecedented feat of engineering.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
To further calm analyst and investor fears, Netflix does have a few likely bottom-line boosters coming this quarter.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
The private company has a strong track record of launching and landing its Falcon 9 rocket boosters.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2024
This also meant that multiple boosters needed to be given.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Colleen Anderson, curator of the post-1945 rockets and missiles collection at the Air and Space Museum, tells Smithsonian magazine that launch vehicles such as rocket boosters have historically been single-use, including those in NASA’s Apollo, Mercury and Gemini programs.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
At one, the boosters ignited, and the audience experienced them in three phases.
—David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
Because most people on the planet have now been exposed to SARS-CoV-2—in the same way they’re regularly exposed to the flu—some nasal vaccines are being designed as boosters for a preexisting immune response that is starting to wane.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
For larger rocket types, more boosters are strapped together.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2024
Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
To further calm analyst and investor fears, Netflix does have a few likely bottom-line boosters coming this quarter.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
The private company has a strong track record of launching and landing its Falcon 9 rocket boosters.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2024
This also meant that multiple boosters needed to be given.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Colleen Anderson, curator of the post-1945 rockets and missiles collection at the Air and Space Museum, tells Smithsonian magazine that launch vehicles such as rocket boosters have historically been single-use, including those in NASA’s Apollo, Mercury and Gemini programs.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
At one, the boosters ignited, and the audience experienced them in three phases.
—David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
Because most people on the planet have now been exposed to SARS-CoV-2—in the same way they’re regularly exposed to the flu—some nasal vaccines are being designed as boosters for a preexisting immune response that is starting to wane.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
For larger rocket types, more boosters are strapped together.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Boosters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boosters. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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