as in airplanes
a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift
a plane flew overhead
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as in smooths
to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps
planed the wood for the picnic table perfectly smooth so that no one would get splinters
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as in flies
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings
an eagle planed effortlessly overhead, gliding on an air current
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Recent Examples of planes
Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
At their closest points, helicopters and planes flew within 75 feet of each other near DCA, an astonishingly close number.
—Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026
The airline's unusual seating process began as a way to get passengers on planes quickly and thereby reduce the time that aircraft and crews spent on the ground not making money.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Players would expect to be able to leap between different vertical areas that would have unintended consequences to the gameplay that would need to be considered, from creature pathing to skill movement between multiple planes.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Crew anchor off Misool, a mid-oceanic squiggle of emerald islands, where the Imperial Japanese Navy hid from American spotter planes during WWII.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
Bangor had undergone steady snowfall Sunday, though planes were landing and departing around the time of the crash, Saavedra said.
—Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Snowfall was heavy at the time of the crash in many other parts of the country, but accumulation had just started in Bangor and other planes had been taking off safely.
—Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Other planes had been taking off safely.
—Patrick Whittle, Austin American Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
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The route at the time of the collision allowed the Black Hawk to fly as close as 75 feet below planes descending to land on runway 33 at Reagan National Airport, according to the NTSB.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
At their closest points, helicopters and planes flew within 75 feet of each other near DCA, an astonishingly close number.
—Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026
The airline's unusual seating process began as a way to get passengers on planes quickly and thereby reduce the time that aircraft and crews spent on the ground not making money.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Players would expect to be able to leap between different vertical areas that would have unintended consequences to the gameplay that would need to be considered, from creature pathing to skill movement between multiple planes.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Crew anchor off Misool, a mid-oceanic squiggle of emerald islands, where the Imperial Japanese Navy hid from American spotter planes during WWII.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
Bangor had undergone steady snowfall Sunday, though planes were landing and departing around the time of the crash, Saavedra said.
—Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Snowfall was heavy at the time of the crash in many other parts of the country, but accumulation had just started in Bangor and other planes had been taking off safely.
—Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Other planes had been taking off safely.
—Patrick Whittle, Austin American Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for planes
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There is an irony in airplanes.—
Jason Parham,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Airbus still delivered more aircraft last year than Boeing, with 793, though that total is below the record 863 airplanes the European manufacturer handed over in 2019.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2026
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The technology can fuel any form of transport, including yachts, ships, ferries, aeroplanes, trains, cars, buses, and trucks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Planes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planes. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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