starship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of starship
Example Sentences
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In the late 1950s, he worked on Project Orion, a collaborative effort to build a starship powered by small atomic bombs.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025
“We're making a show about misfits who don't necessarily fit into a Federation starship, where they've gone to Starfleet Academy and they put on uniforms every day,” he proposes.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2025
Among Trekkies, the long-lost first starship model had attained a mythical status.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024
Enterprise, the starship that appeared in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series, has been returned to Eugene Roddenberry, the son of the creator of the series, decades after it went missing.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2024
Instead of being locked into a monotonous, 365/4-day orbit around the sun, starship passengers would always find the view out their windows slightly different from anything they had ever seen before.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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