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
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.
—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
While turbulence has occasionally caused aeroplanes to crash, most of those tragedies happened several decades ago before modern safety analysis techniques made flying safer.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
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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.
—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
While turbulence has occasionally caused aeroplanes to crash, most of those tragedies happened several decades ago before modern safety analysis techniques made flying safer.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aeroplane
Noun
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While much of an airplane is made of aluminum, the nose tip, which houses the radar equipment, is made of plastic.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
23 Mar. 2026
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Einsetler said coordination between emergency equipment moving across runways and airplanes is a key priority for air traffic controllers.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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In 2023, the plane went through a detailed revision known as an overhaul, in which its engines were inspected and key components were replaced.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
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According to Air Canada, 39 of the passengers and crew members were injured when the arriving Air Canada Express plane collided with an emergency vehicle on a runway just before midnight Sunday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Aeroplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aeroplane. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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