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1. the act or technique of writing against the sky with chemically produced smoke released from a maneuvering airplane. 2. the words, letters, designs, etc., so traced.

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Usage examples (11)
  • Ah, plane banners… My favorite was definitely sky-writing, though.
  • In the afternoons, “Seek the Six” sky-writing was seen above the convention center.
  • Sort of weird collection of book and image-related stuff … books, advertising, illustration, sky-writing ….
  • Some rich person -- not Warren Buffett, but someone who still has money -- should hire a sky-writing firm to inscribe this in letters of purest vapor across the length...
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