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Recent Examples of aloft
Does Joyce’s fellow drama kid Alan (Eric Wiegand) hoist a skull aloft and declaim some Shakespeare in a bad English accent?
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
Elon Musk's company launched its 32nd robotic resupply mission to the ISS for NASA early Monday morning (April 21), sending a Dragon freighter aloft from Florida's Space Coast.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
However, in the longer term, housing costs are being kept aloft not by financial conditions but by a physical shortage of affordable houses.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Amorim spent his two hours in the away dugout cutting a frustrated figure, alternating between shaking his head, throwing his arms aloft and walking away in disappointment.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
Elon Musk's company launched its 32nd robotic resupply mission to the ISS for NASA early Monday morning (April 21), sending a Dragon freighter aloft from Florida's Space Coast.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
However, in the longer term, housing costs are being kept aloft not by financial conditions but by a physical shortage of affordable houses.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Amorim spent his two hours in the away dugout cutting a frustrated figure, alternating between shaking his head, throwing his arms aloft and walking away in disappointment.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aloft
Adverb
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Police helicopters whirled overhead, part of the massive security operation Italian authorities mounted, including more than 2,500 police, 1,500 soldiers and a torpedo ship off the coast, Italian media reported.—
Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Float in the warm water while looking up through the skylights directly overhead to experience peak tranquility.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Then, almost all at once, the insects burrow upward and break through the surface of the soil, often making their presence known by erupting in loud and at times constant choruses.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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And the hope is that his play continues to trend upward.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The chart above shows an index that measures the dollar’s value against a basket of major currencies including the euro, the yen and others.—
Irineo Cabreros,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Hogan and Bischoff began teasing this whole thing with a very WWE-style vignette (above) that doubled as a callback to their old WCW days.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Aloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloft. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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