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
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The camp teaches youngsters about the basics of aerospace engineering — with 360-degree flight simulators, origami airplanes, and gliders that the kids can build and make do stunts.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The final shots, of Robert flying in an airplane for the first time, were captured with practical trickery.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Wasserman rode on Epstein’s plane and exchanged suggestive messages with Maxwell, the files the DOJ released show.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Once the sale is completed, Spirit will be operating 94 planes, with 28 owned and 66 leased, according to the court file.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Aeroplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aeroplane. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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