takeoffs

plural of takeoff
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as in launches
a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket) make sure your tray table is safely put away during takeoff

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Recent Examples of takeoffs Unlike its sister variant, the F-35A, that operates from conventional runways, the F-35B is capable of short takeoffs and vertical landings. Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025 Arcadia is also flat enough to make landings and takeoffs relatively safer, Musk has said. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025 The hybrid-electric technology demonstrator, the EL2, completed a series of takeoffs and landings in 150 feet or less earlier this month at multiple sites on Virginia Tech’s campus and surrounding facilities. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025 By 2035, the airport was forecast to have 255,000 annual takeoffs and landings, according to the airport’s master plan adopted in 2020. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • The events team has curated a packed calendar of author talks, book launches and special programs across the Hudson Valley and beyond.
    American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Even with a constant stream of new launches, the brand still wows with no-brainer, fill-a-gap-in-your-routine staples that stand the test of time.
    Lily Wohlner, Allure, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kaufman and Herz co-founded Troma Entertainment in 1974, which has produced or distributed more than 1,000 low-budget parodies in the past five decades, including the original Toxic Avenger movie in 1984.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • South Park, formerly the edgelord-iest of edgelord TV, continues to barrel through parodies of the current conservative Zeitgeist.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Today, Neeson is doing action spoofs (thank God), and even the John Wick series has run its course.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Takeoffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/takeoffs. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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