B-1
noun
a U.S. long-range bomber, having sweptback wings and a subsonic cruising speed.
B-1's
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pluralof B-1.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In Kerley’s opinion, B-1’s growth plates were still fusing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Damadio agreed with Mann — B-1’s growth plates appeared to be fused, which would mean she had stopped growing — but no other women had been reported missing, and Katricia Dotson was still unaccounted for.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
The unseen flames were toasting the left side of the B-1’s fuselage—and one of the plane’s several fuel tanks, just inches away.
From Time ● Jan. 7, 2014
Finally, the notion that the B-1's fate is in play suggests just how quickly air warfare is changing.
From Time ● Jun. 28, 2010
Even earlier, as the 33-year-old chief of research for the Pentagon during the Kennedy Administration, Brown had helped to kill the B-1's precursor, the high-flying B-70, as too vulnerable to Soviet air defenses.
From Time Magazine Archive
