air space
Americannoun
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a space occupied by air.
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the amount of breathing air in a room or other enclosed space.
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the region of the atmosphere above a municipality, state, or nation, over which it has jurisdiction.
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the region of the atmosphere above a plot of ground, to which the owner has rights or access.
Etymology
Origin of air space
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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But the air, space and instrumental cohesion of touchstones like, say, Bonnie Raitt are nowhere to be found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
—In Asia, airline stocks suffered steep losses in Asia as various carriers announced flight suspensions due to air space closures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
Elsewhere across the region, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait - all home to US military bases - said they have intercepted missiles in their air space.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
Guinea-Bissau's air space, as well as land and sea borders, will be closed all day Sunday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 23, 2025
Now they would see what Ebola could do naturally in a population of monkeys living in a confined air space, in a kind of city, as it were.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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