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a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect
a sitcom that's a takeoff of an old TV show from the 1960s
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Recent Examples of takeoffs
Charlotte Douglas is the sixth-busiest airport in the world for takeoffs and landings.
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Chase Jordan
updated November 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
At Hartsfield-Jackson alone, for instance, there are close to 800,000 movements – takeoffs or landings – each year.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
The takeoffs from the bombers' home base were also tracked by aviation enthusiasts using commercially available software to track the aircraft that initially had their transponders activated.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
That would be Red Bull Rampage equivalent, like the blind takeoffs and dropping outta the sky three stories.
—Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
When a shortage of air traffic controllers occurs, the FAA reduces the number of takeoffs and landings to ensure on-duty air traffic controllers are not overwhelmed by flight volume.
—Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
Anytime that gets worse and creates a shortage of controllers, the FAA reduces the number of takeoffs and landings to ensure controllers aren’t overwhelmed and the system remains safe.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
The success of the AirCar is the 280-340 hp V6 engine, advanced avionics, and over 170 flight hours logged across hundreds of takeoffs and landings – ensuring a robust and trusted configuration.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
The airspace above Colorado Mountain College in Edwards seemed as crowded as Dulles International, with Dan Smith, another VMRG combat veteran who earned two Purple Hearts in Vietnam, orchestrating takeoffs and landings as air traffic controller.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Chase Jordan
updated November 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
At Hartsfield-Jackson alone, for instance, there are close to 800,000 movements – takeoffs or landings – each year.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
The takeoffs from the bombers' home base were also tracked by aviation enthusiasts using commercially available software to track the aircraft that initially had their transponders activated.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
That would be Red Bull Rampage equivalent, like the blind takeoffs and dropping outta the sky three stories.
—Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
When a shortage of air traffic controllers occurs, the FAA reduces the number of takeoffs and landings to ensure on-duty air traffic controllers are not overwhelmed by flight volume.
—Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
Anytime that gets worse and creates a shortage of controllers, the FAA reduces the number of takeoffs and landings to ensure controllers aren’t overwhelmed and the system remains safe.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
The success of the AirCar is the 280-340 hp V6 engine, advanced avionics, and over 170 flight hours logged across hundreds of takeoffs and landings – ensuring a robust and trusted configuration.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
The airspace above Colorado Mountain College in Edwards seemed as crowded as Dulles International, with Dan Smith, another VMRG combat veteran who earned two Purple Hearts in Vietnam, orchestrating takeoffs and landings as air traffic controller.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for takeoffs
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Notably, Stefanik is not narrating the video, a feature typical of most campaign launches, when the candidate speaks directly to appeal to the voter.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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As orbital launches and other space activities have increased, so have the fragments produced by collisions, accidental breakups, spent rocket stages, and more.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
7 Nov. 2025
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Death, of course, is never permanent in slasher movies, or parodies of slasher movies, for that matter.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Pop-culture figures like Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolfman are so ubiquitous as to be both movie characters and parodies of themselves, and this DuckTales episode is good for any kids that like monsters but aren’t quite ready to be menaced by them yet.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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For instance, think back to when everyone was doing spoofs about titles that dealt with women in trains or in windows or in peril.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, Altman, by virtue of the sheer number of spoofs, appears to have joined the pantheon of comic figures alongside South Park’s Eric Cartman and Family Guy’s Peter Griffin.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Takeoffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/takeoffs. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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