as in flying
travel through the air by the use of wings
for centuries people had been fascinated by the flight of birds
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as in escape
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement
a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt
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Recent Examples of flight
Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
The threat is compounded by the Geran-5’s low-altitude flight profile, which makes radar detection difficult, and by the relative acoustic subtlety of small turbojets compared to propeller engines.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
Perfect for red-eye flights or movie nights, this sweatshirt will quickly become your go-to.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
But a computer outage that snarled airlines nationwide forced Kerkering to change his flight back to Philadelphia.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
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Against that backdrop, the Heat are scheduled to return to practice Thursday at Kaseya Center, before a flight that could be either short on bodies or short on change.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
The threat is compounded by the Geran-5’s low-altitude flight profile, which makes radar detection difficult, and by the relative acoustic subtlety of small turbojets compared to propeller engines.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
Perfect for red-eye flights or movie nights, this sweatshirt will quickly become your go-to.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
But a computer outage that snarled airlines nationwide forced Kerkering to change his flight back to Philadelphia.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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