The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Artemis is the legacy of initiatives launched in the 2000s to succeed the American space shuttles.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
In 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier just north of Los Angeles County, at Edwards Air Force Base, where space shuttles landed from 1981 through 2009.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
In all, the decoration has been awarded 28 times, 17 posthumously — to the crew of Apollo 1, who died in a launchpad fire, and the astronauts killed aboard space shuttles Challenger and Columbia.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2023
Unlike the streamlined Saturn V, the new rocket has a pair of side boosters refashioned from NASA’s space shuttles.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
They each have a twin bed with matching bedspreads that Stevie picked out, full of space shuttles and star stations.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
