1
: an act or process of one that lands
especially
: a going or bringing to a surface (such as land or shore) after a voyage or flight
2
: a place for discharging and taking on passengers and cargo
3
: a level part of a staircase (as at the end of a flight of stairs)
4
Examples of landing in a Sentence
The plane made a smooth landing.
The helicopter had to make an emergency landing.
The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings.
Landing in high winds can be dangerous.
Our plane was cleared for landing.
We stopped to rest at the first floor landing.
I waited at the landing for the ferry.
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The demonstration marked the first time an eVTOL in the five-ton class has flown from vertical takeoff to forward cruise and back to vertical landing in a single sequence.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
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—Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
In a post on X, DraftKings showed that the Bulls’ odds of landing Antetokounmpo had moved from +4000 to +300 over the course of Sunday alone.
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Those would allow for as many as 240 landing operations.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
Unlike modern probes that descend on landing legs, Luna 9 jettisoned its orientation modules during descent and fired a braking engine.
—Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
In a post on X, DraftKings showed that the Bulls’ odds of landing Antetokounmpo had moved from +4000 to +300 over the course of Sunday alone.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Those would allow for as many as 240 landing operations.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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landing
noun
land·ing
ˈlan-diŋ 
1
: the action of one that lands
2
: a place (as a wharf) for unloading or taking on passengers and cargo
3
: the level part of a staircase (as between flights of stairs)
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