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
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
From eye masks for red-eye flights to travel makeup bags, packing cubes, luggage scales, and more, these are the tools that keep overpacking (and overthinking) at bay.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
The crew will not be carrying out an exact repeat of any of the Apollo flights.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
On March 24, 2014, Malaysia's prime minister announced the flight was seemingly lost in the Indian Ocean with no survivors.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
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On January 14, GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin revealed the results of a new propulsion demonstration that could reshape the future of hypersonic flight.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
From eye masks for red-eye flights to travel makeup bags, packing cubes, luggage scales, and more, these are the tools that keep overpacking (and overthinking) at bay.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
The crew will not be carrying out an exact repeat of any of the Apollo flights.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
On March 24, 2014, Malaysia's prime minister announced the flight was seemingly lost in the Indian Ocean with no survivors.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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