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Recent Examples of aloft
If a bird glides down more slowly than the air is rising, the rising air keeps it aloft.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Weather and range limits kept this recent test at 73 hours, but in theory, the aircraft could remain aloft for weeks.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
When the monsoon ridge shifts over the Four Corners region, winds aloft summon tropical moisture north, sometimes bringing the remnants of Pacific hurricanes with it.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The song describes the scene when the hundreds of thousands of Woodstock attendees held candles aloft during her performance.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Weather and range limits kept this recent test at 73 hours, but in theory, the aircraft could remain aloft for weeks.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
When the monsoon ridge shifts over the Four Corners region, winds aloft summon tropical moisture north, sometimes bringing the remnants of Pacific hurricanes with it.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The song describes the scene when the hundreds of thousands of Woodstock attendees held candles aloft during her performance.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aloft
Adverb
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Kyiv awoke to loud explosions, drones flying overhead and air defenses booming.—
Pavel Polityuk,
USA Today,
28 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.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Standing 6-foot-2 with a wingspan upward of 78 inches, Surtain’s length is the starting point to his greatness.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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The domain of temple priests, Nilometers were used to decide when to announce the plenitude and what tax levels to set for the harvest, so that the wealth of the flood could be distributed upwards.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Last week, general and flag officers at the one-star level and above were told to fly to Quantico from their duty stations with just several days' notice and no hint as to what the meeting might be about.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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In terms of precipitation, the NOAA predicts nearly the entire state an equal likelihood of above, below or near average amount of precipitation through the fall months.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Aloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloft. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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