as in airplane
a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift
an exhibit of a few of the aeroplanes that won the Battle of Britain
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Recent Examples of aeroplane
While turbulence has occasionally caused aeroplanes to crash, most of those tragedies happened several decades ago before modern safety analysis techniques made flying safer.
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Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
The bombardment of the open town far behind the lines occupied precisely three hours and a quarter, during which a powerful fleet of aeroplanes … did not cease unloading on the town bombs weighing from 1000 lbs.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Will Boeing continue to produce and design great aeroplanes, well-put together, reliable, for the customer base?
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
Indian airlines are already placing orders for record numbers of aeroplanes.
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2023
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Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
The bombardment of the open town far behind the lines occupied precisely three hours and a quarter, during which a powerful fleet of aeroplanes … did not cease unloading on the town bombs weighing from 1000 lbs.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Will Boeing continue to produce and design great aeroplanes, well-put together, reliable, for the customer base?
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
Indian airlines are already placing orders for record numbers of aeroplanes.
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aeroplane
Noun
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As Trump is relying on Qatar for hostage release talks and supplying him with a new presidential airplane, Stutzman said Doha cannot be trusted.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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More than half of travelers (52 percent) believed people should never fart on an airplane and should hold it in, with Americans (54 percent) more likely than Brits (47 percent) to agree.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2025
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War planes fly over the international ceremony commemorating the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings June 6 on Utah Beach, Normandy.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Transits also require a precise alignment between the orbital plane of a planetary system and our line of sight.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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“Aeroplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aeroplane. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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