altitude
Example Sentences
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When it’s time for his favorite summer training activities, Klaebo can rollerski at altitude and run in obscurity, said Joe Davies, a cross-country skier who lives in the state and has trained with him.
The set-up of the two airports puts their planes in the same airspace, with overlapping flight patterns as they land and take off, though they are supposed to fly at different altitudes.
From Los Angeles Times
Most of it takes place in winter, when heavy snowfall pushes snow leopards and their prey to lower altitudes, making their routes easier to track.
From BBC
In mid-May, much of the countryside at higher altitudes was still covered in snow.
From Literature
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The drones equipped with the technology were more difficult to intercept as they were flying at low altitudes, resistant to electronic-warfare systems and could be piloted in real-time at long distances, the ministry said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.