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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
Production of new 737 MAX airplanes continues at the existing rate, Boeing said.
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Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
This altitude exceeds the cruising height of most airplanes, which is why pilots often choose to navigate around thunderstorms to avoid a bumpy ride.
—Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
All of their airplanes are gone.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
An initial 30-day ban was put in place after Spirit Airlines, JetBlue Airways and American Airlines reported their airplanes had been hit by gunfire while flying over Haitian airspace.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
For nearly 90 years, Greater Cincinnatians flocked to the Sky Galley restaurant at Lunken Airport to dine, drink and watch airplanes come and go.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2026
The 737 family of airplanes has carried more than 30 million passengers over the last 60 years, according to the manufacturer, but never has carried documents like these.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
For example, the Airbus A380s, the largest passenger airplanes in the world, that Etihad operates are located in several cities, including London, Paris, Toronto and Singapore.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Some early border fences, which went up immediately after the end of the Second World War, were taken from Japanese internment camps; after the war, the Border Patrol received surplus airplanes to make patrolling easier.
—Garrett M. Graff, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
This altitude exceeds the cruising height of most airplanes, which is why pilots often choose to navigate around thunderstorms to avoid a bumpy ride.
—Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
All of their airplanes are gone.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
An initial 30-day ban was put in place after Spirit Airlines, JetBlue Airways and American Airlines reported their airplanes had been hit by gunfire while flying over Haitian airspace.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
For nearly 90 years, Greater Cincinnatians flocked to the Sky Galley restaurant at Lunken Airport to dine, drink and watch airplanes come and go.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2026
The 737 family of airplanes has carried more than 30 million passengers over the last 60 years, according to the manufacturer, but never has carried documents like these.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
For example, the Airbus A380s, the largest passenger airplanes in the world, that Etihad operates are located in several cities, including London, Paris, Toronto and Singapore.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Some early border fences, which went up immediately after the end of the Second World War, were taken from Japanese internment camps; after the war, the Border Patrol received surplus airplanes to make patrolling easier.
—Garrett M. Graff, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airplanes
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Data from the Flightradar24 website indicated that US military transport planes, including C-17 and C-5, flew out of South Korea’s Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, one as recently as Saturday.—
Soo-hyang Choi,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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That $67 ticket informed me that the airline was selling seats to fill planes and slashing staff and services to dangerous levels.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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No distractions, no aeroplanes, no noise, no traffic.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 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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“Airplanes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airplanes. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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