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Examples of copter in a Sentence
copters from the local TV stations made the obligatory reports on the bumper-to-bumper traffic at the start of the holiday weekend
Recent Examples on the Web
In the copter on the way back, CT and Kate chat about the upcoming roundtable.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
Recent advances in cabin comfort, vibration abatement, noise reduction, and fuel efficiency have further enhanced the business copter’s capabilities and allure.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2024
Crew in copter crash filmed light display The Philadelphia television news crew members who died after their helicopter crashed in a south New Jersey forest were returning from a trip to film a Christmas lights display, an investigator said Thursday.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2023
At Gillespie Field in El Cajon, authorities on Monday unveiled that helicopter and a second, smaller $5.5 million copter to be used for patrol.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
Instead, volunteers backed by online fund-raisers brought in the copters by the thousands to Ukraine, often from Europe.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
Migrants, some wearing shorts and flip-flops, clung to their rescuers as they were pulled up into the copter.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2023
But the method can be unstable, and the copter could crash during air disturbances or imbalances.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 July 2023
His fear of heights freezes him on a suspension bridge in the Costa Rican rainforest, and terrifies him during a desert copter flight in Utah.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1943, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near copter
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“Copter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copter. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
copter
noun
cop·ter
ˈkäp-tər
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