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skywriter

  • a word derived from skywrite.
    skywrite
    verb (used without object)
    to engage in skywriting.
  • a word derived from skywriting.
    skywriting
    noun
    the act or technique of writing against the sky with chemically produced smoke released from a maneuvering airplane.

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The company hired a skywriter to craft encircled 4’s in the sky near downtown Los Angeles on the day of the premiere and featured a drone show outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion after the showing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2025

You can’t take out a skywriter or force Erin to meet you somewhere to discuss your move again.

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2021

During that concert, a skywriter created a peace sign above the stadium.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2016

In early 2001, she arranged for a skywriter to fly over Manhattan and draw “vapor-trail” clouds, four times a day for a week, on behalf of the Brazilian crowd-pleaser Vik Muniz.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 3, 2015

In January, he responded to charges of plagiarism by hiring a skywriter, and in September he was arrested at a theatre in New York and charged with disorderly conduct.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2014