landed 1 of 2

past tense of land
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as in arrived
to stop at or near a place along the shore the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay

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as in disembarked
to go ashore from a ship the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda

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as in perched
to come to rest after descending from the air our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away

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landed

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adjective

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Paying the right tariffs is necessary to avoid government fines and calculate the true landed cost of products. Steve Banker, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 As Industry expands its scope outside the trading floor and into the halls of power—involving government officials, media moguls, and members of Britain’s landed gentry—the stakes are about more than just money. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
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Olive & June landed on a 17-bulb device, each light placed just so. Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025 Each one has landed on multiple All-Pro first teams. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for landed
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Verb
  • Multiple White House officials arrived in their current jobs after working at Turning Point USA, the conservative outreach group that Kirk led and co-founded to energize Republicans on college campuses.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • If only this car had arrived a few months later during one of our brief bouts of winter rain.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • Video of a wild bust-up on an American Airlines flight shows two men battling it out in the aisle after one allegedly grabbed a woman's neck while passengers disembarked.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Around 20 passengers allegedly disembarked before the flight was able to take off, UK newspaper The Sun reported.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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  • Because the dune would eliminate some beach space, the plan could include a new perched or elevated beach.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That addition to Ellison’s net worth—which also includes a rather expansive property portfolio—means that his total fortune is perched at a $393 billion.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Economic response The trillions of dollars in revenue earned annually from the region’s oil and gas exports are strategically invested in global assets, which partially leverages the region’s soft power to secure influence in the world’s key decision-making centers.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Great Britain’s winning performance from Friday’s four races, held in bright sunshine and warm gusty breeze, earned driver Dylan Fletcher and his team their second victory of the season.
    Andrew Rice, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • One partygoer grabbed a fragrance and practically bathed in the smokey orange accords of Rendez-Vous Ivory.
    Essence, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Natalia’s story grabbed the attention of the public in 2019 when Indiana prosecutors leveled charges against the Barnetts for allegedly neglecting a dependent.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Mark-Paul Gosselaar portrayed Peter Bash, the more grounded and level-headed half of the Franklin & Bash duo.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Aneil and all of us wanted to make a Hamlet that felt quite grounded.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • After his low-effort performance, anchored by a gimmick that made the show feel like a telethon, viewers might be asking themselves the same thing.
    Judy Berman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The wind and current was such that, as the plane flew over us and dropped the bales of cocaine, the cargo would theoretically stay in the general area between where I was stationed in the Mako and where our mothership was anchored.
    Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Landed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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