landing strip

noun

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The flight crashed almost immediately after takeoff, hitting the ground about a runway distance away from the landing strip. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025 At night the light display glows like an airplane landing strip. Literary Hub, 12 June 2025 The base would be coupled with Berbera International Airport, which at 2.6 miles has one of the longest landing strips in Africa. Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water. Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for landing strip

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First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of landing strip was in 1930

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“Landing strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing%20strip. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.

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