loft
noun
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
has lofted
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present perfectof loft (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Then there is NASA, which runs a program from Palestine, Texas, that over the years has lofted more than 1,700 large balloons on scientific missions that can last for months.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
For ULA, which for years has lofted sensitive satellites for the Pentagon and intelligence agencies, the partnership with Amazon gives it a foothold in the commercial launch market, which is also dominated by SpaceX.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2022
Its passenger spacecraft, Crew Dragon, has lofted crews to orbit four times in the past two years, with a fifth scheduled on Halloween.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
The military has lofted 23 of the craft over the decades at an estimated cost of $15 billion.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
Since its first Starlink launch in 2019, SpaceX has lofted over 1,000 satellites to orbit of the roughly 12,000 needed for continuous global coverage.
From The Verge ● Jan. 27, 2021
