liners

noun

Definition of linersnext
plural of liner
as in planes

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  1. planes
  2. airplanes
  3. aircraft
Noun
  • American Airlines flights in Louisville and across the country are experiencing delays Tuesday morning after planes were briefly grounded due to an unspecified technical issue.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Residents of New Jersey are pointing lasers at planes during the busiest travel period of the year.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of planes
Noun
  • Or, far more likely, spotting not ominous drones but familiar assortments of normal drones and passing airplanes and helicopters—and even planets and stars—that some people have spent too much time watching Fox News to have noticed before.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Otherwise, our airplanes and vessels may never reach their destination.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of airplanes
Noun
  • George Mason University engineering professor Missy Cummings, who has been doing drone research for 25 years, says what most people are actually seeing are likely aircraft, stars, or reflections off of objects, like towers.
    Tom Hanson, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • However, Central Command said that warships and aircraft earlier shot down multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise missile launched by the rebels.
    Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of aircraft
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