as in overhead
to or in a higher place the ease with which he can hold a ballerina aloft with one hand is awesome

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Recent Examples of aloft Lilium first filed for insolvency in October, though that was believed to be solved after a investment group known as the Mobile Uplift Consortium stepped up over the Christmas period with funding to keep the company aloft. Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 The company was expected to set its first operational satellites aloft last year, but the launch was delayed as ULA prioritized two U.S. Space Force missions. Annie Palmer, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025 When the time came to lift the trophy, he could be seen beckoning to his left and then suddenly, there was Lascelles, who has not played a second of football this season because of an ACL injury, holding it aloft with both him and Trippier. George Caulkin, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025 So far the biggest nights across the U.S. have been March 13-14, with about 65 million birds aloft mostly in the upper Mississippi River valley and Midwest. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aloft
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Adverb
  • Adding more CPUs only gets you so far, as scaling the cluster exponentially increases node-to-node communication overhead — creating performance, power, and cost barriers.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Float in the warm water while looking up through the skylights directly overhead to experience peak tranquility.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Then, almost all at once, the insects burrow upward and break through the surface of the soil, often making their presence known by erupting in loud and at times constant choruses.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • And the hope is that his play continues to trend upward.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Watch Wolfhard and Clarkson share spooky stories in the clip above.
    EW.com, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The timeline features one main video track, with the ability to add three overlay tracks above and three audio tracks below.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Aloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloft. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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