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Recent Examples of aloft
Earlier this year, Amazon asked the Federal Communications Commission to waive or extend a deadline to have 1,600 satellites aloft by July.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
According to a press statement, Sceye’s airships are designed to stay aloft for months or even years at a time.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
Skynest is a pod of six bunks that economy and premium economy passengers will be able to rent during flights between New York and Auckland, which are scheduled to take between 16 and 18 hours on most flights, depending on the wind and other conditions aloft.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
McCool went aloft in the shuttle Columbia in early 2003.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
According to a press statement, Sceye’s airships are designed to stay aloft for months or even years at a time.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
Skynest is a pod of six bunks that economy and premium economy passengers will be able to rent during flights between New York and Auckland, which are scheduled to take between 16 and 18 hours on most flights, depending on the wind and other conditions aloft.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
McCool went aloft in the shuttle Columbia in early 2003.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aloft
Adverb
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Jupiter Jupiter, as darkness falls, will be roughly one-third up from the western horizon to the point directly overhead.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
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Despite missiles flying overhead — and occasionally falling on Syrian territory — Syria managed to stay on the sidelines and positioned itself as an alternative transport route for oil exports that could no longer be sent through the strait.—
Abby Sewell,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Adverb
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Officials said the multi-agency probe into Valente's motivations involved scouring more than 11,000 surveillance files, analyzing over 2,100 audio and video files from his personal devices, and conducting upward of 260 interviews.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Starbucks’ investments had pinched profits in the previous quarter, but this past quarter saw profit and sales rise simultaneously for the first time in two years, easing Wall Street’s nerves and sending shares upward.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Consider the kitchen, where the sun tracks across the island throughout the day thanks to the skylights above.—
Nick Mafi,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Aloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloft. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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