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Adjective
Floating through the morning mists at 60 miles an hour was the world’s smallest dirigible, just 110 feet long with seating for three.—April White, JSTOR Daily, 20 Jan. 2025 Wikipedia incorrectly lists the flight of the French army dirigible La France as the first roundtrip dirigible flight.—Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Noun
In Graydon Carter's home office, a portrait of him by Al Hirschfeld hangs above a collection of vintage models and toys including Meccano dirigibles, English buses, and a wooden DC-3 airplane.—Nathan King, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025 Also known as dirigibles, these craft could run on their own power.—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dirigible
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