jetliner

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Recent Examples of jetliner Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing's longtime fuselage contractor Spirit AeroSystems, was a vocal critic of the manufacturing processes used in the production of the 737 MAX jetliner. David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024 But then the unimaginable happened—a jetliner ripped through floors 93 through 99 at 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001. Dan Alexander, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 New Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg is grappling with a balance sheet strained by years of turmoil and the fallout from a strike, now in its seventh week, that is crippling manufacturing of the company’s main cash cow, the 737 Max jetliner. Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024 The company has spent much of this year scrambling to cut costs, including furloughing pilots, slashing flights and deferring Airbus jetliner orders. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jetliner 
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Noun
  • Rowland added to her beauty archive, attending the Paramount Golden Globe Nominee Celebration in a classic, jet black iteration of her go-to style.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Israel has bombarded Yemen several times in response — sending its jets more than 1,000 miles to do so — but has struggled to decisively subdue the Houthis.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Meanwhile, flights within the U.S. are more expensive than a year ago, as airlines’ capacity growth slows and aircraft delivery delays from Boeing and Airbus continue to dog carriers.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • More than 20 aircraft took part in the operation, which required in-flight refueling, and dropped about 50 munitions, said an military official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity in accordance with military protocol.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Miraculously, only one member of the Hooligan Navy was killed while serving, during a collision with a Dutch freighter.
    David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Authorities said at the time that their initial findings showed a Chinese fishing vessel and a Chinese freighter caused the disruption, but that there was no evidence Beijing deliberately tampered with the cables.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Today, South Korean journalists, scholars, and think tankers, as well as several members of the ruling party, publicly ask the same thing.
    Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The tanker crossed the Estlink 2 power cable at the exact time the disruption was reported on Christmas Day.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2020
Noun
  • Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pointed a finger at Russia on Monday for the downing of a commercial airliner in December that resulted in the deaths of 38 people.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • More than 20 years earlier, Jim lost his daughter in the 1988 attack, which brought down a commercial airliner over the small town in Scotland.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetliner. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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