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planeload

American  
[pleyn-lohd] / ˈpleɪnˌloʊd /

noun

  1. the amount of people or cargo an airplane can carry.


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The planeload of migrants deported from the US to El Salvador is scheduled to arrive in Maiquetía, Venezuela later on Friday.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2025

But the presence of a planeload of business leaders accompanying Mr. Macron underscored how the visit was always as much about signing commercial deals as coaxing Mr. Xi to help end the war.

From Washington Post Apr. 16, 2023

Meanwhile, Thailand sent three ministers to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport to welcome the first planeload of Chinese tourists in years, in a bid to revive inbound tourism.

From Washington Times Jan. 11, 2023

Meanwhile, Thailand sent three ministers to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport to welcome the country’s first planeload of Chinese tourists in years, in a bid to revive inbound tourism.

From Seattle Times Jan. 11, 2023

We'll have a planeload of geophysicists down here in a few days to get all the scientific data possible out of this event.

From The Flaming Mountain by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

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