How to Use aerospace in a Sentence

aerospace

1 of 2 noun
Definition of aerospacenext
  • Established in 1909, the air show has become the largest aerospace event in the world.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2023
  • Michael then went on to work at aerospace start-ups, including SpaceX, in and around the Los Angeles area.
    — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The aerospace industry had been using the material to make the blades of some jet engines.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • And, in the meantime, SpaceX has been eating the more venerable aerospace giant’s lunch.
    — Popular Science, 10 Aug. 2023
  • In 1966, the site was sold to the Deutsch Company, which made electronic products for the aerospace and defense industry.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The top sub-sectors were aerospace, internet, and software, while banking, food, and agriculture were the worst.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Cantrell, the son of an aerospace engineer during the height of the space race, was a bookish boy who entered semesters halfway through and left before report cards came out.
    — Jared Beasley, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • That massive effort helped pave the way for U.S. leadership in the Space Age and our dominance in global aerospace markets.
    — Deborah Wince-Smith, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The aerospace agency is looking into whether there is a business case to be made for commercial planes that can fly at four times the speed of sound, according to Jalopnik.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2023
  • As of April 2023, a trio of aerospace engineers currently hold the title for longest-distance throw of a paper airplane.
    — Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The local delegation met with about 60 companies at the airshow, which is the largest gathering of aerospace companies in the world.
    — Scott Turner | , al, 28 June 2023
  • Urban combat may appear land-centric, but in fact aerospace plays a critical role.
    — David Kilcullen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Intuitive Machines, an aerospace company based in Houston, plans a robotic flight to the moon’s surface.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Nearly 70 years after its initial inception, many, many, many aerospace startups have toyed with the idea of resurrecting the aerospike in recent years.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2023
  • Jeff Bezos's love for space extends past his aerospace company Blue Origin — and into his private bar.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The aluminum rolling facility, which is one of the largest in the world, supplies material to the aerospace, defense, marine, and transportation sectors.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
  • With that in mind, Wilson highlighted airlines, oil and gas giants, and aerospace and defense leaders that could outperform in 2024.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • How could one of the world’s most legendary aerospace companies fail so miserably in its race with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and still be on the ground when its competitor has been launching astronauts to the space station since 2020?
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Rose Wanjiku, aerospace engineer and project lead at SayariLabs, sees the work as helping to grow Africa’s space industry.
    — Angela Wang, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2023
  • Its most critical modern use is in aerospace as the industry has pursued ever-lighter aircraft.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • While carbon fiber has long been used within the aerospace industry, Kemper said it had not been proven to repeatedly withstand such deep-sea pressures.
    — Tom Costello, NBC News, 23 June 2023
  • Even aerospace and defense, tough areas for startups, are seeing newcomers this year.
    — Amy Feldman, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • With no hesitation, McCarville, who is studying aerospace engineering in Lawrence, calmly walked up and sank the shot on her first attempt.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Over the past 20 years, this academy has apparently raised money by making a show of handing out awards to people known for their work in the aviation and aerospace industries.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Musk is well known for suggesting timelines for his projects that don’t pan out, though blowing past deadlines is a notorious issue for the aerospace industry at large.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Virgin Orbit occupied part of a sprawling complex in Long Beach with rich aerospace history.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Some students chose majors that are not a part of the top five, including Katherine Camacho, who will be studying aerospace science and minoring in business.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The company, backed by Peter Thiel, has Fortune 500 customers working on projects in genomics, medicine, electric vehicles, and aerospace.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024
  • While Guthrie fashions crisp shapes that spring from his background in aerospace engineering, his work moves into realms where boundaries and definitions melt.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • The Portuguese brand is run by a trio of engineers and designers whose background is in machining, aerospace, and the automotive industry.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 5 July 2023
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aerospace

2 of 2 adjective
  • An aerospace workers union has fought to keep the C-130 contract in Cobb County.
    — Ben Brasch, ajc, 3 May 2018
  • Stylish and svelte, it's made with aerospace-grade aluminum, which contributes to its lightweight feel.
    — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The ThruNite is powered by two AA batteries, and is constructed from aerospace-grade aluminum.
    — Popular Science, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Parrott, who works in aerospace logistics, decided there should be an app for that.
    — Reed Albergotti, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
  • As with some of the state's other automotive and aerospace projects, the potential for supplier jobs is also great.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Nickel, used in automotive and aerospace plants, is up 27 percent.
    — Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The lawn care system is broken, and as a mechanical and aerospace engineer with a background in agriculture, I was inspired to do something about it.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Mapping out the room and choosing a floor plan is simple, thanks to the LiDAR navigation with aerospace standard detection systems.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 9 Sep. 2021
  • This highly resilient, aerospace-grade composite material mimics the strength of aluminum and the lightweight build of carbon fiber.
    — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 3 Dec. 2020
  • For a man who has revolutionized the automotive and aerospace industries, the thinking goes, how hard could running a social network be?
    — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The government makes taxpayers pay mega-aerospace companies Boeing and Lockheed Martin $860 million just to exist as well.
    — Andrew Follett, National Review, 25 Sep. 2021
  • But while the company has made small quantities of the chips for military and aerospace clients, Snowberger said the company’s venture investors couldn’t come up with the hundreds of millions needed to build a full-scale fab for mass production.
    — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Supersonic jets are undoubtedly cool, which explains why aerospace engineers and the general public are eager to see more of them.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 5 June 2021
  • The rest is divided among a number of other business areas, including IT, aerospace parts, boats, construction equipment and clean energy.
    — Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Business investment at the space campus would not be limited to aerospace functions, but businesses in that sector would be encouraged to explore the possibilities of the new campus.
    — David Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The pandemic hit Honeywell hard as demand for aerospace parts and energy services plummeted.
    — Thomas Black, Bloomberg.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Space Florida, the state’s aerospace economic development agency, signed a contract with Astra to begin commercial launches from the pad.
    — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The wireless carriers also agreed to limit their signals around up to 50 airports for six months while the FAA works with aerospace manufacturers and airlines to validate that their aircraft can safely operate with the new cell service.
    — Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Additive manufacturing has been in use for close to a decade, primarily in the automotive and aerospace industries.
    — John Clemons, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • His father is a research scientist in Cleveland at Ohio Aerospace Institute, an aerospace research contractor.
    — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The history of automotive, medical and aerospace products was that there wasn’t transparency about the Software Bill of Materials or ‘ingredients’ included in the black box.
    — Steve Tengler, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Now, both the automotive and aerospace industries are undergoing one of the greatest transformations since their inceptions.
    — Matthias Breunig, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • Ji earned a master’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Missouri in December 2014.
    — NBC News, 8 Jan. 2022
  • But cork is a material with many other uses, in construction, for insulation, floor coverings, fire protection, furniture, shoes, in the car industry and even for aerospace parts.
    — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Covid-19 tore through in a tumultuous, unprecedented way -- leaving carriers in a deep hole, along with a constellation of aerospace manufacturers, airports and leasing firms.
    — Alan Levin, Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2021
  • That aircraft was an aerospace triumph but also a financial disaster and an environmental menace.
    — Eric Adams, Wired, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The company’s website describes the location as dedicated to making foam materials for aerospace customers.
    — Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The onetime Republican stronghold — once a suburban swath of aerospace workers from the Midwest and Los Angeles police officers and firefighters — has grown increasingly diverse.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The worst crisis in aviation history is forcing aerospace manufacturers to downsize rapidly.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 29 July 2020
  • The company has pioneered and thrived in the highly critical profession of cable and wire rope manufacturing for use in aerospace flight controls, elevators, rigging, and scaffolding, where human lives are directly at stake.
    — Hartford Courant, 23 June 2022

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