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Recent Examples of aloft
Wednesday morning's liftoff will send BlueBird 8, BlueBird 9 and BlueBird 10 aloft, quadrupling the number of next-gen satellites in LEO.
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Mike Wall,
Space.com,
16 June 2026
Teledyne said each drone weighs less than 450 grams and can stay aloft for about 50 to 60 minutes.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
The way the celebrations are performances now, too, with a sea of glowing rectangles held aloft as the fourth quarter ticked away tensely.
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Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
For groups like the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), there are strict rules of etiquette for displaying the stars and stripes, including flying it aloft and free — except in emergencies — and never lying down; keeping it clean and off the ground, and not drawing or marking on it.
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Darleene Powells,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
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Mike Wall,
Space.com,
16 June 2026
Teledyne said each drone weighs less than 450 grams and can stay aloft for about 50 to 60 minutes.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
The way the celebrations are performances now, too, with a sea of glowing rectangles held aloft as the fourth quarter ticked away tensely.
—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
For groups like the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), there are strict rules of etiquette for displaying the stars and stripes, including flying it aloft and free — except in emergencies — and never lying down; keeping it clean and off the ground, and not drawing or marking on it.
—
Darleene Powells,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aloft
Adverb
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
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The constant control also makes the operations overhead lower and compliance more consistent.
Adverb
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Shortly after giving his team a temporary lead on Monday, the athlete put his hands over his face before looking up at the sky and pointing upward, as shown in a video shared by Fox Sports.
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Nonpartisan budget analysts previously projected the state would see budget holes upward of $20 billion each year in the next few years.
Adverb
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The wearable uses an open-ear headset equipped with four speakers positioned around each ear—at the front, back, above, and below.
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The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.
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“Aloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloft. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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