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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 airplanes
Embraer has about 18,000 employees and is a leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes with up to 150 seats.
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Google Slides also can’t match Microsoft PowerPoint’s vaster range of fonts, templates, and visual effects (complex animations and transitions, such as origami, paper airplanes, and much more).
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Rignall then launched an investigation of his own, taking details from his assault — such as the make of Gacy’s car and the sound of airplanes landing — to stake out his attacker.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
But these workers walked off the job entirely on Tuesday when its union, the Professional Association of Maritime and Inland Pilots (BVL), joined multiple other unions in a national work stoppage that also grounded most airplanes at the country’s two main airports.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
In the first nine months of 2025, Boeing has delivered 440 airplanes, compared with 568 in the same period of 2018, before two deadly crashes of 737 Maxes within five months of each other upended the company.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Wheel wells are a common spot for stowaways to enter airplanes, and nearly 80% don’t survive the flight, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
Her production company has projects lined up like airplanes coming into JFK.
—Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Google Slides also can’t match Microsoft PowerPoint’s vaster range of fonts, templates, and visual effects (complex animations and transitions, such as origami, paper airplanes, and much more).
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Rignall then launched an investigation of his own, taking details from his assault — such as the make of Gacy’s car and the sound of airplanes landing — to stake out his attacker.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
But these workers walked off the job entirely on Tuesday when its union, the Professional Association of Maritime and Inland Pilots (BVL), joined multiple other unions in a national work stoppage that also grounded most airplanes at the country’s two main airports.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
In the first nine months of 2025, Boeing has delivered 440 airplanes, compared with 568 in the same period of 2018, before two deadly crashes of 737 Maxes within five months of each other upended the company.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Wheel wells are a common spot for stowaways to enter airplanes, and nearly 80% don’t survive the flight, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
Her production company has projects lined up like airplanes coming into JFK.
—Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airplanes
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Pretty much every airline is flying the same kinds of planes, and there are a limited number of manufacturers of overhead bins and other storage solutions, so that kind of space is essentially the same on every carrier.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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And, of course, Rob is on planes 24/7, which means their lives are entirely impacted by flying — as well as the unusual work schedule that comes along with Rob’s job.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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“Airplanes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airplanes. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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