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Recent Examples of lighter-than-air
From 1921 to 1935, five lighter-than-air giants sailed the skies and then suffered catastrophic structural failures or were scrapped.
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Karen Scanlon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
There are several Latin American influences, too, such as the lighter-than-air Tres Leches cake and the tiger prawns yello anticucho.
—Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The lighter-than-air craft then edges toward the road and strikes the power line, causing several electrical sparks to fly.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2024
Green infrastructure development: My focus will be on fostering business-friendly green infrastructure, including sustainable communities and eco-friendly transportation like lighter-than-air technologies, rail and e-bikes to minimize carbon emissions.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
But the future of this critical, lighter-than-air element is certainly in flux, Saha said, and the medical world is watching closely.
—Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
While there are a few lighter-than-air contenders, all eyes are on LTA Research’s Pathfinder 1, which will begin test flights this year.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023
Advertisement Now, using data from the satellite data company BlackSky, researchers have confirmed that China is fielding lighter-than-air vehicles at the facility.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 1 May 2023
His lighter-than-air vocals are ideally suited to compositions that are sometimes romantic, other times whimsical and even quirky.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023
Karen Scanlon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
There are several Latin American influences, too, such as the lighter-than-air Tres Leches cake and the tiger prawns yello anticucho.
—Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The lighter-than-air craft then edges toward the road and strikes the power line, causing several electrical sparks to fly.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2024
Green infrastructure development: My focus will be on fostering business-friendly green infrastructure, including sustainable communities and eco-friendly transportation like lighter-than-air technologies, rail and e-bikes to minimize carbon emissions.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
But the future of this critical, lighter-than-air element is certainly in flux, Saha said, and the medical world is watching closely.
—Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
While there are a few lighter-than-air contenders, all eyes are on LTA Research’s Pathfinder 1, which will begin test flights this year.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023
Advertisement Now, using data from the satellite data company BlackSky, researchers have confirmed that China is fielding lighter-than-air vehicles at the facility.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 1 May 2023
His lighter-than-air vocals are ideally suited to compositions that are sometimes romantic, other times whimsical and even quirky.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lighter-than-air
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The oversized cozy top compliments the flexible, weightless freedom of bike short bottoms.Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2024
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As its creamy, lotion-like formula creates a velvety-smooth base for your makeup products, this primer minimizes dryness with coconut water, a moisturizing powerhouse that feels virtually weightless on skin.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 21 Nov. 2024
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The red, white, and black color palette is festive but more subtle than other ugly Christmas sweaters, and the knit is comfortable, lightweight, stretchy, and breathable.Shea Simmons, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Handsome, lightweight, and loaded with hrological innovation.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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Buildings let in a lot of particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, and vaporous chemicals.Lisa Wood Shapiro, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024
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The Sun in your relationship sector is forming an uncomfortable opposition to vaporous Neptune in your whimsical sign.Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2024
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Even with a number of hurdles to get through on the calendar between now and the end of the year — including the FOMC meeting — a strong fundamental setup, and buoyant investor optimism, has observers expecting stocks could recoup any losses, and end the year still higher from here.Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Return of Jiminy Glick At a buoyant seventy-four, Martin Short is keeping the art of the one-liner going strong.Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
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Salads Salads don’t have to feel flimsy or unsubstantial.Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
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From a personal finance perspective, people with extra cash should feel free to put an unsubstantial portion of their wealth into high-risk, high-volatility assets like crypto or meme stocks or even Super Bowl bets (thanks for the two-touchdown performance, Cooper Kupp).Scott Nover, Quartz, 14 Feb. 2022
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The Trojans looked, as of early June, to be headed in an elite direction on the recruiting trail, marching toward the sort of rarefied air that had recently eluded Riley.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Even for the most rarefied creatures, Le Meurice is a place for special occasions—and staying there for a few days with my fiancé this summer made my fitting feel like an engagement party, a bachelorette, and a honeymoon all rolled into one.Jessie Heyman, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
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As the head of a tech company, Kidman affects an office version of the high femme with diaphanous blouses and soft updos.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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Thus Andy Dixon paints Day-Glo takes on Rococo romances, with sculptural nudes draped in loose tunics cavorting around pleasure gardens dotted with classical statuary; these same motifs are distilled into dainty arabesques and diaphanous whorls in the abstract canvases of Michaela Yearwood-Dan.Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
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If those arguments appear insubstantial, the jury verdict and injunction should stand.Alden Abbott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Not insubstantial, but easily affordable for Tepper, who’s worth roughly $20 billion.Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2024
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“Lighter-than-air.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lighter-than-air. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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