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Recent Examples of supersonic
The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2020
There’s no amount of computing power that can make the Wright Flyer supersonic.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 11 Dec. 2019
The Devils landed winger Patrick Maroon, no stranger to riding shotgun beside former superstar teammates like Connor McDavid and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as the supersonic Michael Grabner last Thursday.
—Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
The SuperSonics had back-to-back picks, Nos. 6 and 7, after their championship and took Rutgers’ James Bailey ahead of Johnson.
—cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2020
There’s no amount of computing power that can make the Wright Flyer supersonic.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 11 Dec. 2019
The Devils landed winger Patrick Maroon, no stranger to riding shotgun beside former superstar teammates like Connor McDavid and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as the supersonic Michael Grabner last Thursday.
—Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
The SuperSonics had back-to-back picks, Nos. 6 and 7, after their championship and took Rutgers’ James Bailey ahead of Johnson.
—cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersonic
Noun
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As part of its deal, Japan also placed an order for 100 Boeing jets, although the value of the order was not disclosed.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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Flight logs show Trump flew at least once on Epstein’s private jet.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The company is also promoting a glide variant of its Spear missile, replacing the turbojet with a kinetic penetrator for a lower-cost option.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
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As the geographic reach expanded to Europe and South America, clients’ aircraft skewed toward longer-range turboprops and faster business jets.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
3 Aug. 2025
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The escalating costs of moving small units of capacity – 15-seat to 50-seat turboprops – have now eliminated any chance of providing flights in thin market routes.—
Michael Boyd,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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The United Airlines jetliner went down in Lake Michigan off the Lake Forest shoreline killing 30 passengers and crew.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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The controller could see from a window that the helicopter was too close, but the controller did not alert the jetliner.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Aug. 2025
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Polish jets shot down at least three of the aircraft.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The restrictions there go up to 12,000 feet, meaning high-flying commercial aircraft can still transit the airspace.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Supersonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersonic. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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