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Recent Examples of liftoff
The tech-heavy index enjoyed a liftoff from Nvidia and Microsoft, both of which reached all-time highs (and probably made some insiders at Nvidia multi-millionaires over the past month).
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 30 June 2025
The first-stage booster made a successful 21st liftoff, but was expended to get the satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
In the crash video shot from the rooftop, the landing gear truck is visibly in a front-wheel-down position after liftoff.
—Mika Gröndahl, New York Times, 28 June 2025
Almost a month later, on June 1, the spacecraft was less than four minutes away from liftoff when the ground launch sequencer — the computer that launches the rocket — triggered an automatic hold.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 6 June 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 30 June 2025
The first-stage booster made a successful 21st liftoff, but was expended to get the satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
In the crash video shot from the rooftop, the landing gear truck is visibly in a front-wheel-down position after liftoff.
—Mika Gröndahl, New York Times, 28 June 2025
Almost a month later, on June 1, the spacecraft was less than four minutes away from liftoff when the ground launch sequencer — the computer that launches the rocket — triggered an automatic hold.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liftoff
Noun
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This year is full of fresh beginnings in fashion, with new creative directors presenting launch collections at some of Milan and Paris’s biggest brands.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
6 July 2025
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The preliminary phase of construction includes substantial soil treatment and complex ground preparation at the north portal, where construction of the launch structure for the tunnel boring machine (TBM) is intended to begin in autumn 2026.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Earlier in the month, six people died when a twin-engine Cessna 414 crashed offshore San Diego just minutes after takeoff.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Officials are warning private pilots to do their homework before takeoff.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
6 July 2025
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“Liftoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liftoff. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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