flying machine

noun

: an apparatus for navigating the air

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This bright safety-orange flying machine is built to live on the water. Joe Salas august 21, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025 Amidst an atmosphere of refined revelry catering to glitterati and gearheads alike, this iteration at the Monterey Jet Center featured 275 automobiles and fourteen flying machines—from rotorcraft to private jets. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025 And while the Mariner design was ultimately quite successful, at the time, flying machines in the harsh environment of space was in its infancy. Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025 These flying machines are transporting time-sensitive blood samples to labs in order to receive faster results. Jade Walker, CNN Money, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for flying machine

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First Known Use

1736, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flying machine was in 1736

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“Flying machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flying%20machine. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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