as in airplane
a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift
an exhibit of a few of the aeroplanes that won the Battle of Britain
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Recent Examples of aeroplane
Birkin famously sketched her ideal bag on an aeroplane sickness bag and the rest is history.
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Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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.
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Annika Pham,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
This is especially true with the lower circulating oxygen levels on an aeroplane, in people with breathing problems or when combined with alcohol.
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Brian Dillon,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
An aeroplane flies behind the Adani logo near a building construction site in Mumbai.
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Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
12 Aug. 2024
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Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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
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
An aeroplane flies behind the Adani logo near a building construction site in Mumbai.
—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aeroplane
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In an airplane-dependent America, that meant two long Lyft rides, a coach bus, and a multiday train ride for his move.
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Not the only mishap at JFK on Monday On Monday afternoon, a helicopter pilot reported seeing a remote control airplane fly near his aircraft.
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That was until 2012, when the ever-curious Jackson got back in touch with Sakpinit at the museum requesting any information Thailand might have on the crash of a US plane in an area near Chiang Mai on November 5, 1944.
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Frankly, any online paramour who asks for money and yet promises a plane should be treated with extreme suspicion.
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“Aeroplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aeroplane. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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