jet airplane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jet airplane
First recorded in 1940–45
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The rest was drowned out by the sound of a shaking grandstand and the jet airplane screech of 58,000 people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
“The jet airplane changed the place. We’re not as close to each other as we had been.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2022
A woman looks on as a business jet airplane takes off in Kyiv, Ukraine September 17, 2021.
From Reuters ● Feb. 24, 2022
"It was like the noise of a jet airplane or something," added Gerald.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2021
The object was no jet airplane because there was no sound.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt
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