chiefly British

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Recent Examples of aeroplane 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 The bombardment of the open town far behind the lines occupied precisely three hours and a quarter, during which a powerful fleet of aeroplanes … did not cease unloading on the town bombs weighing from 1000 lbs. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024 Will Boeing continue to produce and design great aeroplanes, well-put together, reliable, for the customer base? Hanna Ziady, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024 Indian airlines are already placing orders for record numbers of aeroplanes. Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for aeroplane
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aeroplane
Noun
  • The airplane impacted one residential structure and 20 vehicles, which were damaged or destroyed by impact or post-impact fire.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
  • With a touch of a button, the airplane lands itself.
    Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • The Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial in La Jolla and San Diego Nice Guys presented a $50,000 donation to the Armed Services YMCA on June 25 to go to families who lost vehicles when a plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood filled with military families early May 22.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • Jim actually flew the plane, and Marilyn sat in the back serving coffee.
    EW.com, EW.com, 30 June 2025

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“Aeroplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aeroplane. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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