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vapor trail

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noun
contrail.
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Origin of vapor trail

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby vapor trail

vaporizer, vapor lock, vaporous, vapor pressure, vapor tension, vapor trail, vaporware, vapory, vapour, vapour density, vapourer moth
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How to use vapor trail in a sentence

  • This was Gonzaga, a point-pouring ecosystem that left a vapor trail in its wake all season.

    Baylor’s Slow-Motion Knockdown|Josh Planos|April 6, 2021|FiveThirtyEight

  • He was still watching the vapor trail as the cab pulled away.

    The Penal Cluster|Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)

  • A thin, high streak of vapor-trail needling down toward them from the sunrise rainbow turned the channel of his thought.

    Traders Risk|Roger Dee
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