landing strip

noun

Synonyms of landing stripnext
: airstrip

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The closest Apple got was the MacBook Pro Touch Bar, from 2016 to 2023, but that horizontal landing strip for your fingers on the keyboard deck mostly amounted to unrealized potential. — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026 About 50 were using bags of onions at the prep area for landing strips. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 Constructing Alligator Alcatraz Located on a remote landing strip surrounded by Big Cypress National Preserve, about 6 miles north of Everglades National Park, Alligator Alcatraz sparked controversy from the beginning. — The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026 Ground crews worked quickly to clear the landing strip before the flight’s return. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026 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

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: airstrip

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