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Recent Examples of airstrip
Tristan da Cunha has 221 inhabitants and no airstrip.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026
The group of volcanic islands has no airstrip and is usually accessible only by boat on a six-day voyage from Cape Town, South Africa.
—Iain Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
The judges zoomed in on the level of federal involvement needed to trigger a federal law that would subject the complex of tents and trailers, built on an airstrip in the Big Cypress National Preserve, to an environmental review.
—Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
The state awarded Gothams a $36 million contract to help outfit and maintain the facility, which was thrown up in just over a week on an old airstrip.
—Neena Satija, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026
The group of volcanic islands has no airstrip and is usually accessible only by boat on a six-day voyage from Cape Town, South Africa.
—Iain Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
The judges zoomed in on the level of federal involvement needed to trigger a federal law that would subject the complex of tents and trailers, built on an airstrip in the Big Cypress National Preserve, to an environmental review.
—Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
The state awarded Gothams a $36 million contract to help outfit and maintain the facility, which was thrown up in just over a week on an old airstrip.
—Neena Satija, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
Noun
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The serious, awards-minded films that once might have premiered as stand-alone TV movies now almost always arrive as a limited series, where the runway is longer, and the campaign budgets are bigger.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
13 June 2026
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This year is yet another for the World Cup; Yu Masui and Takeji Hirakawa are still strutting their stuff, and Phil Oh, along with Acielle Tanbetova, will be documenting all the off-the-runway action.—
Irene Kim,
Vogue,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Witnesses said the helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff from a helipad.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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Paramedics work to transport Dawa Sherpa, who was missing for several days in the Everest region, from the helipad at HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 4, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
Noun
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An example of an inherently objectionable use might be a heliport in a heavily residential municipality.—
Michael Helbing,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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The grounds also include tennis and bocce ball courts, gardens, greenhouses, a creek and a heliport.—
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Those who don’t want to drive to Roy’s can actually fly into the desert landing strip behind the cafe (which was apparently one of California’s first airfields of any kind).—
Joe Yogerst,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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The young pilot eventually saw a rural landing strip and a path along the canal in the Hungryland Preserve, Budensiek said.—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This dimension of the work was heightened by its site, a former helicopter landing field on an old NATO base, given over to the Autostrada Biennale in 2014 as part of a process of demilitarization in the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s and Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airstrip. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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