: a point or region in the air not immediately adjacent to the ground
the planes collided in midair
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The two planes collided in midair.
We watched birds catching insects in midair.
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Here was a weapon that could fly horizontally or vertically, change speed or direction, stop in midair, loop around corners and slip through windows, doors or an open hatch.
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C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
She was discovered while the plane was in midair and was taken into custody in Paris.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
For more than six decades, the venerable aircraft has acted as an international midair refueling tanker for a variety of USAF military planes, including F-15, F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets, and B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
This is different to Israel’s traditional means of destroying missiles and rockets, where radar is used to identify an incoming threat and then an interceptor missile is fired to destroy the projectile midair.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
She was discovered while the plane was in midair and was taken into custody in Paris.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
For more than six decades, the venerable aircraft has acted as an international midair refueling tanker for a variety of USAF military planes, including F-15, F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets, and B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
This is different to Israel’s traditional means of destroying missiles and rockets, where radar is used to identify an incoming threat and then an interceptor missile is fired to destroy the projectile midair.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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midair
noun
mid·air
ˈmid-ˈa(ə)r 
-ˈe(ə)r
: a point or region in the air not very close to the ground
planes collided in midair
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