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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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Kevin Carter | Getty Images JetBlue Airways plans to install Amazon's Project Kuiper on some of its airplanes to bolster in-flight Wi-Fi, the companies announced Thursday, in a vote of confidence for the nascent internet satellite service.
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Annie Palmer,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
And so is the airplane featured inside the 3,040-square-foot residence.
—Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
The idea to take his music to new heights came during an airplane flight over iconic Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, according to media reports.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Getting on an airplane is not without risk.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Annie Palmer,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
And so is the airplane featured inside the 3,040-square-foot residence.
—Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
The idea to take his music to new heights came during an airplane flight over iconic Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, according to media reports.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Getting on an airplane is not without risk.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airplane
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After the plane touched down, a motorcade stood ready to escort Kirk's casket to Hansen Mortuary Chapel near Seventh Street and Northern Avenue.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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For planes flying 30,000 feet above sea level or military vehicles traveling through combat zones, that level of reliability can mean the difference between life and death.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Her child looks up at the aeroplane in the sky, flying through dusk, through twilight, flying through the beginning of the end of the day.—
Deborah Levy,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Birkin famously sketched her ideal bag on an aeroplane sickness bag and the rest is history.—
Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The Dream Chaser is designed to deliver cargo and eventually people to orbit, landing as gently as a commercial airliner.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Somehow, the Hollywood star was still welcomed into the cockpit by the starstruck flight crew and allowed to briefly take control of the airliner.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Airplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airplane. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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