as in chopper
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
took a helicopter tour to get a better sense of the grandeur of the Grand Canyon
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CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
Higher production volumes in critical programs, including Sikorsky helicopters and missile systems, have driven the growth of Lockheed Martin’s revenue in recent years.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
Gerhardt said the agency plans to helicopter pieces of the wreckage to a secure facility in Delaware in the coming days.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 6 June 2023
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Noun
Heli-skiing is using a helicopter to reach the top of a mountain in remote backcountry areas where there are no ski lifts, and a person either skis or snowboards down the mountain.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
Higher production volumes in critical programs, including Sikorsky helicopters and missile systems, have driven the growth of Lockheed Martin’s revenue in recent years.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
If all goes well, recovery teams will helicopter it to a portable clean room to remove its heat shield and back shell and then fly it to a specially prepared facility at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
Gerhardt said the agency plans to helicopter pieces of the wreckage to a secure facility in Delaware in the coming days.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 6 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopter
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The chopper was forced to land suddenly on the field at Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood at 6:30 a.m. after the indicator light went on, said police.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Austin O'Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Georgia, who was the chopper's crew chief.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Simply swipe on your lipstick at the start of the day, then perhaps touch up before jetting off to happy hour drinks after work.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2025
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Brown spent some time on the beach in Turks and Caicos with some friends before jetting back to LA for Sunday night's big show.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Following Trump’s victory in November, these stickers rocketed to bestseller status on Amazon and Etsy.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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The 400-foot-tall Starship system rocketed off the launch pad at SpaceX’s Starbase site near Brownsville, Texas, at 6:30 p.m. ET for its eighth test flight.—
Denise Chow,
NBC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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In fact, the 2025 Golden Globes host — who catapulted to a household name after her roast of Tom Brady on Netflix in May 2024 — told the podcast that respect played a huge role in her becoming such a die-hard Swiftie.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Industry sources say the ease and appeal of a capsule format could catapult the product to near $1 million in first-year retail sales.—
Emily Burns,
WWD,
25 Feb. 2025
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Scientists have long known that small changes in how Earth orbits the sun influence glacial cycles over thousands of years.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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There are materials to cultivate micro-algae as a potential food source; the tools needed to test how microorganisms affect different surfaces inside the orbiting lab; and the equipment to create advanced semiconductor crystals.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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