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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
Mathematicians greeted his assertions with hoots of laughter, called out to friends across the room, and threw paper airplanes.
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Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
When asked what flyers can expect inside airplane cabins in the meantime, an FAA spokesperson informed Popular Science that such details are beyond their control.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
Boeing failed in various product audits conducted by the FAA on 737 Max airplanes.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Normally in prosperous times, airlines acquire airplanes and add routes, some of which turn out to be unprofitable.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
When asked what flyers can expect inside airplane cabins in the meantime, an FAA spokesperson informed Popular Science that such details are beyond their control.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
Boeing failed in various product audits conducted by the FAA on 737 Max airplanes.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Normally in prosperous times, airlines acquire airplanes and add routes, some of which turn out to be unprofitable.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for airplane
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airplane
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Crews are waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration to give the OK to send the plane back in the air.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
13 Jan. 2025
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Jorgensen explained that there are gaps in the data, which becomes more complete the closer the plane is to take off.—
Caitlin Chandler,
WIRED,
13 Jan. 2025
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This is especially true with the lower circulating oxygen levels on an aeroplane, in people with breathing problems or when combined with alcohol.—
Brian Dillon,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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An aeroplane flies behind the Adani logo near a building construction site in Mumbai.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
12 Aug. 2024
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The flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed on Dec. 29 stopped recording about four minutes before the airliner hit a concrete structure at South Korea’s Muan airport, the transport ministry said on Saturday.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
11 Jan. 2025
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Mohammed is due to enter his plea Friday morning in the attacks, in which 19 al-Qaida hijackers smashed airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and another crashed into a Pennsylvania field, killing nearly 3,000 people.—
Ellen Knickmeyer,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Airplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airplane. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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