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a machine that flies through the air
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Recent Examples of aircraft
As aircraft taxi from taxiway F to A, pilots are frequently instructed to hold short of the runway's marking before entering a specific taxiway to avoid confusion.
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Noe Padilla, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Senate Transportation Committee meets to consider House Bill 1230, which would prohibit the operation of unmanned aircraft systems over places of incarceration.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Rasamny said the United States has given the Lebanese government assurances that Israel will not attack the airport or endanger civilian aircraft.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
Sixty-seven people were killed when the aircraft collided over the Potomac River.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
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Noe Padilla, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Senate Transportation Committee meets to consider House Bill 1230, which would prohibit the operation of unmanned aircraft systems over places of incarceration.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Rasamny said the United States has given the Lebanese government assurances that Israel will not attack the airport or endanger civilian aircraft.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
Sixty-seven people were killed when the aircraft collided over the Potomac River.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aircraft
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In the early nineteen-fifties, three planes crashed in her home town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, in a span of about two months.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
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Sean Miller’s Longhorns survive and will hop on a plane to fly 2,250 miles to Portland.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Steve Davis, chief scientist at the Everglades Foundation, took a Miami Herald reporter in a small airplane over the wetlands last week.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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In 1952, John Madigan covered the first presidential campaign that used airplanes to move around the country.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Underscoring the danger to ships in the region, a vessel was set ablaze Thursday off the United Arab Emirates' coast, and another was damaged off Qatar.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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The ship will allow France to maintain its naval aviation capabilities without relying on foreign bases, ensuring operational freedom from the Mediterranean to the Indo-Pacific.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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The latest victim, Todd Inman, was the NTSB’s on-site representative for the investigation of the midair collision of a civilian airliner and Army helicopter that killed 67 people over the Potomac River in Washington 14 months ago.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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The airliner is set to unveil its next luxe lounge at New York’s JFK airport later this year.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2026
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The airline also suspended its 2026 earnings guidance because of the volatility in jet fuel markets.—
Emily Lorsch,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
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After graduating with a degree in accounting, McVay had a jet-setting career running the books for Hard Rock Café, House of Blues, The Walt Disney Company, McCormick & Schmick’s and more.—
Sarah Blaskovich,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Aircraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aircraft. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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