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Recent Examples of aloft
SpaceX currently has about 8,000 Starlink satellites aloft, and removing a few launches from the manifest this year wasn’t seen as a show-stopping problem, the people said.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
And even as Alcaraz held the trophy aloft, Sinner didn’t seem like a choker.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Longtime guitarist Dougie Needles swung his axe over his left shoulder, holding it aloft for a late solo during the closing number.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The men were flying lab rats, sent aloft to determine if human beings could survive in space for the fortnight the longest lunar missions would last.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
And even as Alcaraz held the trophy aloft, Sinner didn’t seem like a choker.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Longtime guitarist Dougie Needles swung his axe over his left shoulder, holding it aloft for a late solo during the closing number.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The men were flying lab rats, sent aloft to determine if human beings could survive in space for the fortnight the longest lunar missions would last.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aloft
Adverb
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Even animals in the Himalayas can be seen by the satellites that fly overhead, snapping color pictures.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
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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.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Its most explosive event was Quantrill’s Raid in August 1863, when a group of Confederate guerrillas led by William Quantrill laid waste to Lawrence and killed upward of 200 people, some of them as young as 13 years old.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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The steps guide residents upward to the main floor, which sits level with the ridgeline.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That means the state could lift the mandate for the four vaccines listed above as soon as December.—
Michelle Marchante
September 8,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Like the trees above, dusty miller’s sparkle shines through its foliage, not its blooms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Aloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloft. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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