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airplane

[air-pleyn] / ˈɛərˌpleɪn /
NOUN
vehicle that transports cargo or passengers through the air
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aircraft airliner cab jet plane ship
STRONG
aeroplane airbus airship crate kite ramjet

Example Sentences

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Plus, Stidham adds: “It’s pretty cool watching an airplane that you fixed fly out.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

He moved back home, joined a wonky subsidiary of American Airlines and applied his mathematical brain to pricing airplane seats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Boeing is still losing money in the commercial airplane division.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

He adds it is a "straightforward solution and it was quite right that EasyJet's dispatcher and captain would not take-off until the airplane was within limits".

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Like in an airplane when the oxygen masks drop and everything goes haywire, they always tell you to put on your own mask first before helping others.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman