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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
An attached 2,000-square-foot airplane hangar offers direct access to the Lakeway Airpark runway — a rare opportunity for aviation enthusiasts seeking the ultimate convenience.
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Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025
An airplane soars past the Full Pink Moon on April 12, above Frankfurt am Main, Germany in this image captured by photographer Kirill Kudryavtsev.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
While many gathered at the music festival didn't know May was going to perform with Boone, the Queen member spilled the beans earlier on Friday on social media, posting two photos with Boone on an airplane traveling to Coachella.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The incident highlights the potential dangers of in-flight medical emergencies and the need for better medical equipment and training on airplanes.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
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Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025
An airplane soars past the Full Pink Moon on April 12, above Frankfurt am Main, Germany in this image captured by photographer Kirill Kudryavtsev.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
While many gathered at the music festival didn't know May was going to perform with Boone, the Queen member spilled the beans earlier on Friday on social media, posting two photos with Boone on an airplane traveling to Coachella.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The incident highlights the potential dangers of in-flight medical emergencies and the need for better medical equipment and training on airplanes.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airplane
Noun
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Almost nothing gets passengers more excited than the topic of shoes on a plane.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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That decision was still on the books when Abrego Garcia was placed on a plane to El Salvador last month.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
18 Apr. 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 state sponsored a similar meeting last year with Airbus, the manufacturer of commercial airliners.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2025
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That included the 1983 shooting down of a Korean airliner with 270 people aboard by a Soviet fighter plane, and the deadly 1986 explosion in the Chernobyl nuclear plant, which Soviet authorities denied for several days.—
Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Airplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airplane. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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