glider
noun
a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
gliders
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pluralof glider.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Duncan Toys has been producing yo-yos, flying discs and model gliders in China, and Washington's escalating tariffs with Beijing last year similarly forced him to pause imports.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
He also flew gliders, sometimes in time trials, and competed in cross-country skiing races.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
By the mid-1980s, Meyer was wealthy enough to retire, at age 59, to pursue his hobbies, which included flying airplanes and gliders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Sixty gliders towed by two RAF squadrons left the airfield at 07:00 GMT on 24 March 1945, carrying part of the 6th Airborne Division.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
After midnight on June 6, 1944, barely a week after the SS-HJ was officially activated, the Germans received word that Allied paratroopers and gliders had landed in Normandy.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
