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Recent Examples of seaplanes
Set in the middle of a host of beautiful lakes, Tavares is known America’s Seaplane City because of the high number of seaplanes that take off and land from its seaplane base.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaplanes
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Neither Diego Garcia nor Fairford, the key forward operating base for US strategic bombers in Europe, was used in last June’s one-time B-2 bomber strike on Iranian nuclear sites.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Chan studies amphibians and reptiles and noted that there are more than 9,000 amphibian species worldwide, with roughly 100 to 200 new species added each year.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2026
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Slocum gliders carry the largest number and greatest variety of payloads of any glider AUV.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Mar. 2026
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Under changes in the tax law, private jet buyers can deduct the full cost of the aircraft from their taxes in the year it is purchased if it is used at least half of the time for business.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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The coast guard command will be led by a commodore and backed up by an unspecified number of personnel, patrol ships and aircraft for law enforcement, monitoring, environmental protection and search and rescue.—
Jim Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Seaplanes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaplanes. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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