airplane
Example Sentences
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He pitched the nose of the airplane down, pushing past the red “never exceed” line on the air speed indicator of his Cessna 182.
From Literature
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The agency’s rules touch virtually every facet of transportation safety, including regulations that keep airplanes in the sky, prevent gas pipelines from exploding and stop freight trains carrying toxic chemicals from skidding off the rails.
From Salon
Countries all over the world have agreed to purchase hundreds of state-of-the-art aircraft and airplane engines from U.S. factories, creating thousands of jobs and strengthening our defense industrial base.
The U.S. imported more than $6 billion worth of helicopters and airplanes from Canada in 2024, according to trade data from the Census Bureau.
"It's the network of airplanes and airlines that are moving deportees around in the United States, from cities all across the United States to detention facilities."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.