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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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Nomadic has so far ferried around two dozen Spirit jets, taking them to airplane boneyards in the Arizona desert where they sit while their owners decide what to do with them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

At that point, about seven months pregnant, Means said she had only a few weeks before her doctor advised her not to fly in an airplane.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 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

We will have to take an airplane that flies in the sky to get there.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na