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Recent Examples of liftoff
The May 6 attempt was scrubbed two hours before liftoff because of valve on ULA’s upper Centaur stage that teams continue to investigate.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025
As private spaceflight becomes commercially viable and space becomes a platform for storytelling, marketing is preparing for liftoff.
—Cathy Hackl, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Now, mission operators and crew are working toward an early morning June 19 liftoff.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 June 2025
Clear catastrophic lack of lift just seconds after liftoff.
—Hannah Parry
barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025
As private spaceflight becomes commercially viable and space becomes a platform for storytelling, marketing is preparing for liftoff.
—Cathy Hackl, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Now, mission operators and crew are working toward an early morning June 19 liftoff.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 June 2025
Clear catastrophic lack of lift just seconds after liftoff.
—Hannah Parry
barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liftoff
Noun
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This year is full of fresh beginnings in fashion, with new creative directors presenting launch collections at some of Milan and Paris’s biggest brands.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
6 July 2025
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The preliminary phase of construction includes substantial soil treatment and complex ground preparation at the north portal, where construction of the launch structure for the tunnel boring machine (TBM) is intended to begin in autumn 2026.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Max lost a piece of its fuselage known as a mid-exit door (MED) plug shortly after takeoff.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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American Airlines Flight 1665 was forced to return to Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas (LAS) shortly after takeoff due to a mechanical issue, the airline said in a statement.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
25 June 2025
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“Liftoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liftoff. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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