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landing

[lan-ding] / ˈlæn dɪŋ /


NOUN
act of a person/thing that lands
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“We’re sending a ship out to recover Starship,” Musk said a few days after the landing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Their first offensive play from scrimmage was a botched snap landing quarterback Koa Malau’ulu on the three-yard line.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

According to reports, the BJP seems to be aware that its attempts to reach younger audiences were not landing as intended.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Yes, she grew up in front of TV cameras, landing her first regular roles on soap operas, including ABC’s “One Life to Live” and CBS’ “Guiding Light.”

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Holding on to wrought-iron balustrades, guests would then ascend thirty stairs that curved upward to the first- floor landing, whose sky-blue ceiling that Daddy had replicated at our house was like the heavens.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Boats have toppled pilings, and hard landings have cracked sterns.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The rest of the company’s dreams are more moonshine than moon landings.

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 2026

"May we learn from this past," Hegseth said in reference to the pivotal involvement of American troops in the Allied landings.

From Barron's Jun. 6, 2026

Teams also closely monitored how the X-59 performed during takeoffs, landings, and flight operations.

From Science Daily Jun. 1, 2026

Psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman studied one such situation in which, after good landings, pilots were praised, whereas after bumpy landings, they were berated.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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