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hangar

[hang-er] / ˈhæŋ ər /
NOUN
large storage building
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Exposed structure and lighting give the area the spare feeling of a hangar, with upper-level clerestory windows and skylights providing natural light.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

A larger structure measuring roughly 40 metres by 20 metres resembles a retractable aircraft maintenance hangar.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Unlike jet fighters, they are too big to be easily stored in a hangar or hardened shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The company said the £60m public-private investment package would be used to design and build a second hangar and two more launchpads.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

She had seen the astronauts around the building, of course; they had spent many hours in the hangar downstairs, preparing for their missions on a simulation machine called the Procedures Trainer.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

They also gain control of several airbases in the area, most crucially on Perim, where the Emirates spent years ferrying construction supplies to build out a roughly 6,000-foot runway along with three hangars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Centcom said US forces had targeted Iranian military operations centres, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage facilities, and military logistics infrastructure.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The milestone, made possible by billions in private and government funding, was on display in the middle of the Idaho desert, where a cluster of drab hangars might otherwise go unnoticed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

Transportation construction spending, as the government defines it, refers to structures used for transportation, such as airport hangars, bus terminals, railroad tracks and marinas.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

It didn't look much like a factory—no towering steel silos or smokestacks billowing carbon monoxide, just a few buildings that vaguely reminded him of airplane hangars.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green


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