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Recent Examples of airstrip
Building the road would involve establishing nearly 50 bridges of varying sizes, in addition to airstrips, maintenance sites, communication towers and other items, according to the Bureau of Land Management’s June 2024 environmental impact statement.
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John Towfighi, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Working with architect Bernard Judge in the early 1970s, Brando built an airstrip and a small hotel consisting of bungalows, A-frame huts, several bars, a dining room, a kitchen and a reception area.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
This tiny airstrip receives flights from Panama City's Albrook airport (PAC).
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
The first phase will only include a paved airstrip to allow for planes to touch down from the university’s Daytona campus, Tedrow told the board on Wednesday.
—Katie Sartoris, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
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John Towfighi, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Working with architect Bernard Judge in the early 1970s, Brando built an airstrip and a small hotel consisting of bungalows, A-frame huts, several bars, a dining room, a kitchen and a reception area.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
This tiny airstrip receives flights from Panama City's Albrook airport (PAC).
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
The first phase will only include a paved airstrip to allow for planes to touch down from the university’s Daytona campus, Tedrow told the board on Wednesday.
—Katie Sartoris, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
Noun
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Giannina Azar opened her show with fire dancers, while Love for Upcycling brought live parrots on the runway.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Fans quickly pieced together that the duo first crossed paths at a Givenchy's Paris Fashion Week runway show in September 2023.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
6 June 2025
Noun
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On the day of, a group of up to six will get door-to-door transportation as a car will transport them from anywhere in the Amalfi Coast to the helipad in Sorrento.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
9 June 2025
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The Escobar family posed for pictures on a chilly helipad jutting into the waters off Manhattan, smiling in front of the helicopter that would soon take them on a sightseeing tour of the city’s famous skyline.—
Liam Stack,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung arrives at a heliport in Seoul on Jan. 2, 2024, after he was stabbed in the neck during a visit to Busan.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Jet fuel fumes and noise from heliports have been a source of complaints from communities for decades, leading Mayor Giuliani to shutter the E. 60th St. heliport in 1997.—
Eric Katzman,
New York Daily News,
25 May 2025
Noun
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At night the light display glows like an airplane landing strip.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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The flight crashed almost immediately after takeoff, hitting the ground about a runway distance away from the landing strip.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
12 June 2025
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But thanks to Andrew Cuomo’s time as governor, the once awful Third World landing field in Queens now matches Fiorello the man in superlatives.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Across the street from the resort was the Chicagoland Airport, once a satellite landing field during World War II for Glenview Naval Air Station.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airstrip. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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