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: an airplane of high speed and maneuverability with armament designed to destroy enemy aircraft
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Examples of fighter in a Sentence
the debate whether more fighters are needed to bring order to that war-torn country
a program at the community center for training local youths as fighters
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Franklin Roosevelt who started the first Black fighter squadron, the 99th pursuit squadron, in January of 1941, in part as a bid for the Black vote in the 1944 election.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024
Popular films about World War II largely do not show Black fighters.
—Bylinda Hervieux, ABC News, 4 June 2024
The 21-year-old fighter earned her ticket to Paris 2024 in October by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, in the 50-kilogram — or 110-pound — weight class.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
The casket of the Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli strike is carried to his grave in this small village with determined devotion by his fellow fighters.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024
Popular films about World War II largely do not show Black fighters.
—Bylinda Hervieux, ABC News, 4 June 2024
The 21-year-old fighter earned her ticket to Paris 2024 in October by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, in the 50-kilogram — or 110-pound — weight class.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
The casket of the Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli strike is carried to his grave in this small village with determined devotion by his fellow fighters.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
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“Fighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fighter. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
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fighter
noun
fight·er
ˈfīt-ər 
: one that fights:
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: a fast airplane armed with weapons for destroying enemy aircraft
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