landfall
noun
land·fall
ˈlan(d)-ˌfȯl 
1
: a sighting of land after a voyage or flight
2
: a reaching of land (as by a traveler, craft, or storm)
3
: the land first sighted on a voyage or flight
Examples of landfall in a Sentence
From the deck of the boat, we saw our first landfall.
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—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Only storms with names that formed after the year 2000 and that are within 50 miles of the potential landfall location are shown.
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Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Hurricanes far out into the ocean give forecasters the opportunity to observe the powerful heat machines without worrying about catastrophic landfalls.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Only storms with names that formed after the year 2000 and that are within 50 miles of the potential landfall location are shown.
—William B. Davis, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
With Typhoon Ragasa’s landfall in South China last week grounding hundreds of flights in the region, the air cargo capacity crunch briefly sent rates skyrocketing on the Asia-to-Europe trade lane.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Landfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landfall. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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landfall
noun
land·fall
ˈlan(d)-ˌfȯl
1
: a sighting or making of land after a voyage or flight
2
: the land first sighted on a voyage or flight
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