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turbojet

noun

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as in turboprop

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Recent Examples of turbojet 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 The sides fell from the packing crate, and the Roadrunner, a squat device that looked a little like a penguin, was propelled upward by two turbojets. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025 Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more. — Andrew King, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025 For a humanoid robot whose weight is larger than 15 kg, turbojets might be considered. — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2018 See All Example Sentences for turbojet

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Noun

The Tu-95 is a nuclear-capable four-engine turboprop strategic bomber that has been in service since the Cold War times.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
In 2021, the company unveiled the eFlyer 800, an eight-seat, all-electric aircraft intended to offer performance comparable to that of a twin turboprop.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of turboprop

Noun

Passengers will enjoy the amenities and seamless nature of private jet travel at a fraction of the cost.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
The president of the United States said [in September] that nobody should buy Bombardier jets any more.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of jet

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The aircraft is particularly suited to Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), maritime surveillance, anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Data from Flightradar24 showed a number of aircraft searching south of the island.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of aircraft

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Ground systems get upgrades The P-8A is best known as a maritime patrol aircraft, but its missions extend well beyond the airframe.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Operating them isn't merely a matter of shrinking standard flight systems down into a smaller airframe or designing around the absence of a cockpit.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of airframe

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Separately, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, causing a fire, though the crew was reported safe.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
The tanker was secured and placed under the protection of Puntland authorities, according to a statement by the Puntland Maritime Police Force.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of tanker

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The aircraft was described by the FAA as a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a trijet wide-body airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and later Boeing.

— Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Each day at noon, French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Falcon flew a solo lap around the circuit in its flagship Falcon 7X trijet.

— Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 7 Oct. 2015

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