: the space lying above the earth or above a certain area of land or water
especially
: the space lying above a nation and coming under its jurisdiction
Examples of airspace in a Sentence
seeking permission to fly through U.S. airspace
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Three more Shahed drones were reported in Belarusian airspace by the monitoring project over the following two nights.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Lebanon says Israel regularly breached the agreement over the past two decades by sending fighter jets into its airspace.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
Lebanon has also complained that Israel has violated the agreement, noting regular violations of Lebanese airspace by Israeli warplanes.
—Maayan Lubell, Maya Gebeily, and Laila Bassam, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
Hezbollah never ended its presence in southern Lebanon, while Lebanon said Israel regularly violated its airspace and occupied small patches of its territory.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Lebanon says Israel regularly breached the agreement over the past two decades by sending fighter jets into its airspace.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
Lebanon has also complained that Israel has violated the agreement, noting regular violations of Lebanese airspace by Israeli warplanes.
—Maayan Lubell, Maya Gebeily, and Laila Bassam, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
Hezbollah never ended its presence in southern Lebanon, while Lebanon said Israel regularly violated its airspace and occupied small patches of its territory.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Airspace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airspace. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.
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