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landing strip
noun as in runway for aircraft
Example Sentences
In 2015, the group claimed to have created the largest graffiti piece in the world — a half mile-wide message reading, “This Land Was Our Land” — on a disused landing strip in California’s Mojave Desert.
Another 8,059 people -- most of whom lived within fairly close proximity to aircraft landing strips -- were exposed to noise levels that can pose a risk of hearing impairment over time.
An arrow pointed them down a dirt road to a squat air traffic control tower next to a grass landing strip.
For instance, she has worked with frustrated parents whose children toss backpacks and coats in what she calls the “landing strip” just inside the front door.
The ski plane they study the wolves from uses the frozen lake as a landing strip because there’s nowhere to touch down on the island.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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