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supersonic

[soo-per-son-ik] / ˌsu pərˈsɒn ɪk /




NOUN
jet
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But his supersonic speed and sky-high try-scoring rate – the easiest currency for casual fans to understand - mean those requests will only increase.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

The McDonnell Douglas-made supersonic fighter-bomber had its heyday in the 1960s and the U.S. used it during the 1991 Operation Desert Storm against Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

I don’t want to go too deep into the plot, which involves a supersonic weapon, stolen software, assassins on motorcycles and a common ticking-clock device, but it’s closer to “Moonraker,” say, than “Slow Horses.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

“It will be a funny fact of history that an accelerated supersonic renaissance was one of the consequences of the AI boom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

She had set world records with supersonic aircraft, including a speed record of 2,683 kph in a MiG-21.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson