as in airplane
a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift
a plane flew overhead
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as in level
having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities
you can do these tracings on any plane surface
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as in to smooth
to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps
planed the wood for the picnic table perfectly smooth so that no one would get splinters
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as in to fly
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings
an eagle planed effortlessly overhead, gliding on an air current
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Recent Examples of plane
Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
The controller then directed the Mesa plane onto a path that risked a collision, triggering cockpit alarms in both planes.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2021
But those cars were powered by pushrod engines with conventional cross-plane cranks.
—Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 2 Oct. 2022
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
It’s not associated with weather systems or geographic features on the ground, and as its name suggests, essentially jostles planes around in otherwise clear skies.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Two planes and a Blackhawk helicopter would drop water on the fire Sunday morning, according to South Carolina state Rep. Tim McGinnis.
—Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
The controller then directed the Mesa plane onto a path that risked a collision, triggering cockpit alarms in both planes.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Plus this episode also delivers peak unhinged Lex while he's stranded on an island post-plane crash and suffering from malaria, which leads to a moment that teases his natural killer instincts that he's kept so well hidden from Clark, and the world, so far.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2021
But those cars were powered by pushrod engines with conventional cross-plane cranks.
—Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 2 Oct. 2022
Verb
The inaugural yachts in the series were planing trawlers designed to navigate the high seas in style.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
It’s not associated with weather systems or geographic features on the ground, and as its name suggests, essentially jostles planes around in otherwise clear skies.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plane
Noun
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North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was forced to scramble fighter jets three times over President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in South Florida on Saturday after airplanes violated restricted airspace.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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This decline may very well have been exacerbated by another airplane crash in November 2001.—
Harry Enten,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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First of all, the number of civilian federal employees, about 2.3 million, not including postal workers, has been roughly level for the past 60 years.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2025
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Sabalenka broke Keys twice, took control of the second set, and suddenly the scores were level.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
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It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
27 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
Adjective
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Leaving a great glow behind, skin instantly feels softer and smoother.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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SkinMedica also swaps astringent alcohol for witch hazel extract, which has antibacterial and exfoliating benefits for smoother, softer, and bouncier skin.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Key Ingredients: Salicylic acid, pea peptide, glycerin Best For: Adding volume to flat, fine hair.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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And because deltas are very flat and only a few feet above sea level, cities and towns on deltas are also at high risk from floods driven by storm surges and coastal erosion, now exacerbated by sea level rise.—
Jeff Opperman,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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With the first option, businesses can use an agentic framework platform to handle some of their more horizontal tasks.—
Rodrigo Madanes,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Miami-Dade and FPL analyzed more than a dozen options to beef up the utility’s saltwater pumping abilities, including the possibility of installing horizontal wells that can reach even further into the deeper end of the plume to sip up the salt water.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The date for ticket resale, where tickets that have not been fully paid for are put back up for purchase, is set for the spring, although the exact date has not been announced.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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All live-fire exercises in the current drill were halted until the investigation to determine the exact reason for the accident was finished.—
Hakyung Kate Lee,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Plane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plane. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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