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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
He was also supposed to share half the proceeds from the $100,000 sale of a Mooney M-20 airplane with her estate within five business days after the deal closed in August 2024, but has yet to pony up, the attorneys said.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2026
One of our group flew her own airplane and has great stories of her escapades.
—David Kravet, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
Soon after, Fred retired from the smithing shop, where his grandson (my father) had played model airplanes on the shop’s dirt floor as a child.
—Eric Holcomb, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
As Paul says in her TikTok video, there is pressure coming from the air above and below the airplane.
—Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2026
One of our group flew her own airplane and has great stories of her escapades.
—David Kravet, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
Soon after, Fred retired from the smithing shop, where his grandson (my father) had played model airplanes on the shop’s dirt floor as a child.
—Eric Holcomb, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
As Paul says in her TikTok video, there is pressure coming from the air above and below the airplane.
—Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airplane
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The route at the time of the collision allowed the Black Hawk to fly as close as 75 feet below planes descending to land on runway 33 at Reagan National Airport, according to the NTSB.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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At their closest points, helicopters and planes flew within 75 feet of each other near DCA, an astonishingly close number.—
Sam Sweeney,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The technology can fuel any form of transport, including yachts, ships, ferries, aeroplanes, trains, cars, buses, and trucks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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Her child looks up at the aeroplane in the sky, flying through dusk, through twilight, flying through the beginning of the end of the day.—
Deborah Levy,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Boeing has had a nightmare few years, with two deadly crashes and one near-catastrophe on its flagship 737 Max airliner since 2018.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Yet, Luckey maintained that the secure zone of an airport and a commercial airliner are relatively safe environments.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Airplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airplane. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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