airliners

noun

plural of airliner
as in airplanes

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  1. airplanes
  2. planes
  3. aircraft
  4. aeroplanes
  5. liners
  6. ships
  7. airships
Noun
  • Ships book slots to transit, similar to how passengers book seats on airplanes in advance.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • On that terrible day, millions of Americans witnessed airplanes flying into buildings, people jumping off skyscrapers, and the Twin Towers collapsing with thousands of innocents inside.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of airplanes
Noun
  • Between fuel, maintenance, and elevated pilot wages, those smaller planes are unprofitable to fly unless every single seat is full.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Incursions boil down to planes, vehicles and people being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of planes
Noun
  • And by coincidence, NIAC awarded funding to another research group, led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that was interested in using EHD propulsion for Earthborne aircraft.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Britain mobilized dozens of civilian vessels within days of the outbreak of the war, using commercial ships to transport aircraft, fuel and other supplies.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of aircraft
Noun
  • No distractions, no aeroplanes, no noise, no traffic.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The technology can fuel any form of transport, including yachts, ships, ferries, aeroplanes, trains, cars, buses, and trucks.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Definition of aeroplanes
Noun
  • However, when using vinyl liners, the seams between the sections of a liner can often be visible.
    — Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Just be sure to look for liners topped with rust-resistant metal grommets, as a trail of rust streaking your liner is unsightly.
    — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026
Definition of liners
Noun
  • Some still laden with weapons, the ships belonged to Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet that was deliberately sunk near the end of the war as German troops retreated from Romania and Soviet forces advanced deeper into Europe.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Some still laden with weapons, the ships belonged to Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet that was deliberately sunk near the end of the war as German troops retreated from Romania and Soviet forces advanced deeper into Europe.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of ships
Noun
  • Although its rigid design hearkens back to the gargantuan airships of the early 20th century, Pathfinder 1 is almost completely different from any large airship that has flown before.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Oct. 2023
Definition of airships
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