as in plane
a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift
my uncle learned how to fly an airplane while serving in the air force
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Recent Examples of airplane
The pay grade varied depending on the risk — a blazing airplane spinning to earth was worth $15, a blazing airplane spinning into the sea earned a payday of $40, and so on.
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
Headphones Don't be the person in a cramped airplane cabin playing your beepy game or taking a FaceTime call so everyone can hear it.
—Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
People watch smoke rising after an airplane crashed in Ahmedabad today.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 12 June 2025
As Trump is relying on Qatar for hostage release talks and supplying him with a new presidential airplane, Stutzman said Doha cannot be trusted.
—Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
Headphones Don't be the person in a cramped airplane cabin playing your beepy game or taking a FaceTime call so everyone can hear it.
—Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
People watch smoke rising after an airplane crashed in Ahmedabad today.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 12 June 2025
As Trump is relying on Qatar for hostage release talks and supplying him with a new presidential airplane, Stutzman said Doha cannot be trusted.
—Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airplane
Noun
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Typically, when a player was cut, Langford said the team manager or another lower-level employee would show up with the bad news and a plane ticket.—
Jayson Jenks,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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People should be able to coexist on a plane with a baby.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
Noun
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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.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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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
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The airliner, which had 242 people on board, crashed into a hostel housing doctors and authorities had not yet determined the total number of casualties.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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Travelers are more attuned to the airliner models these days after a spate of crashes involving Boeing's 737 lineup several years ago.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
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“Airplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airplane. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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