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a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift
my uncle learned how to fly an airplane while serving in the air force
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Recent Examples of airplane
The skydiving incident comes less than two weeks after a small skydiving airplane carrying 15 people crashed at a New Jersey airport.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
One of the worst parts about airplanes is the ice cold temperature.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 10 July 2025
This, soon after the two sides had patched up a rift caused by the shoot-down of a civilian Azeri airplane allegedly by Russia in December.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
This revealed that airport radar systems, which sweep the skies for airplanes, send out a combined radio signal strong enough to be picked up as far as 200 light-years away by telescopes comparable to the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 July 2025
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
One of the worst parts about airplanes is the ice cold temperature.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 10 July 2025
This, soon after the two sides had patched up a rift caused by the shoot-down of a civilian Azeri airplane allegedly by Russia in December.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
This revealed that airport radar systems, which sweep the skies for airplanes, send out a combined radio signal strong enough to be picked up as far as 200 light-years away by telescopes comparable to the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airplane
Noun
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One month after an Air India flight crashed and killed over 200 people, investigators on Saturday revealed the fuel to both engines of the Boeing 787 plane had been mysteriously cut off prior to the incident.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
12 July 2025
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This revolutionary new self-landing system is being installed in some private planes.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
Noun
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It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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This is especially true with the lower circulating oxygen levels on an aeroplane, in people with breathing problems or when combined with alcohol.—
Brian Dillon,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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Minutes after takeoff, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired two surface-to-air missiles at the civilian airliner, killing everyone aboard.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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The airliner is the kit sponsor of some of the most prominent soccer clubs in the world—Arsenal, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Olympique Lyonnais and Benfica—and is the title sponsor of England’s FA Cup.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
19 June 2025
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“Airplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airplane. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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