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
One of three surviving space shuttles, Endeavour made 25 successful missions into space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
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
Having previously gone up in three space shuttles and a Russian Soyuz capsule, he now joins a select group of spacefarers who've occupied seats on three different crew vehicles.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2022
Because the light is still on in my room, I can see that someone has drawn space shuttles on the cupcakes with frosting.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
