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a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift
my uncle learned how to fly an airplane while serving in the air force
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Recent Examples of airplane
Several costly early warning radars and US military airplanes in the Gulf states have been damaged or destroyed on the ground by Iranian drone or missile strikes.
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2026
Then the four front propellers tilted forward, and the aircraft accelerated, no longer hanging on its rotors like a helicopter but cruising on its wings like a small airplane.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2026
The Coast Guard shared video of Air Force pararescuemen leaping from a C-130 Hercules airplane to meet the crew of a Coast Guard cutter on Sunday.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The last row of economy are the airplane seats few people want to sit in.
—Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2026
Then the four front propellers tilted forward, and the aircraft accelerated, no longer hanging on its rotors like a helicopter but cruising on its wings like a small airplane.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2026
The Coast Guard shared video of Air Force pararescuemen leaping from a C-130 Hercules airplane to meet the crew of a Coast Guard cutter on Sunday.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The last row of economy are the airplane seats few people want to sit in.
—Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airplane
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Karissa Waddick King Charles and Queen Camilla hopped off the plane at Joint Base Andrews Monday to party in the USA.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Regulars know that cachet’s the least-compelling aspect of taking a plane of your own; convenience and comfort are much more important.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
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The occasional booing of famous England players has been an integral part of the Wembley experience over the years, almost as commonplace as paper aeroplanes.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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No distractions, no aeroplanes, no noise, no traffic.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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Kodak inventing digital cameras but opting to prioritize its dominant film business; and the persistent joint venture funding of the Concord supersonic airliner despite strong evidence that the project wouldn’t become commercially viable.—
Kumar Rakesh Ranjan,
The Conversation,
27 Apr. 2026
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And from that data, the airliner learned that 97 percent of fliers said the lie-flat bed was their reason for flying in Delta One.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Airplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airplane. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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