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Recent Examples of launcher
Using a chartered SpaceX Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 launcher, the crew of four lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy.
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New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2025
Every rocket launcher, air defense system, or artillery round kept in a warehouse or on a base in Europe is one that could be used on the battlefield in Ukraine.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
This is the approximate price of a mission on Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket, the cheapest US launcher with the muscle to lift the PUNCH satellites into orbit.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
There’s no excuse to keep our games imprisoned in a launcher nobody wants.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2025
Every rocket launcher, air defense system, or artillery round kept in a warehouse or on a base in Europe is one that could be used on the battlefield in Ukraine.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
This is the approximate price of a mission on Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket, the cheapest US launcher with the muscle to lift the PUNCH satellites into orbit.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
There’s no excuse to keep our games imprisoned in a launcher nobody wants.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for launcher
Noun
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The blackout snarled traffic, forced hundreds of businesses to close and left those unable to afford generators scrambling to buy ice and candles.—
Danica Coto,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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Professional baseball and basketball games were canceled as the hum of generators and smell of smoke filled the air.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The driver responsible turns out to be a stage hypnotist, and the two men meet when the father volunteers for the hypnotist’s act.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The witness told investigators that Griffin swerved to cut off Francis, court documents read, at which point Francis pulled up beside the of the green Sierra and allegedly fired four to five shots into the truck through the front window on the drivers’ side.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Sportatorium, owned by the Stephen A. Calder estate whose executor is Hort Soper, closed when the Miami Arena came on the scene.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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The digital replication right does not expire at a person’s death, and can be transferred and licensed by heirs, executors and others.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Broken down vehicle on northbound I-40/US-71 in Grandview There is a broken down vehicle on I-40/US-71 between 155th Street and MO-150.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2025
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Police said numerous roads and neighborhoods were flooded, and officers assisted more than a dozen motorists whose vehicles were trapped in high water.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Munn and Mulaney found their surrogate through an agency.—
Danielle Pergament,
SELF,
10 Apr. 2025
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Insanity, the London agency that reps Maya Jama and Zara McDermott, has hired two talent managers in its entertainment team.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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After the Mavericks split their first two games of the trip, beating the New Orleans Pelicans on Jan. 29 and falling to the Detroit Pistons two nights later, Harrison recommended pulling the trigger.—
C. Clark, D. Aldridge, S. Amick, F. Katz,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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So, for instance, there are triggers for Outlook, Sharepoint and Dataverse.—
Jason Andersen,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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One Boise developer hopes his upcoming project on the Boise Bench could be the catalyst for just that, while another is hoping to build a condo complex with 11 swimming pools across the street.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Apr. 2025
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Should the stock begin to recover from this pullback, there's ample room for upgrades and positive revisions, which could serve as a further catalyst.—
Schaeffer's Investment Research,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Everybody else has no choice, really, other than to bring a cruel, narcissistic far-right leader to power.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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Because a bat has a thick barrel and rotates when swung, its motion and power depend on the distribution of weight across the entire shaft, not just in one spot.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Launcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/launcher. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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