as in dock
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers
our families waved good-bye to us from the landing as we left on our honeymoon cruise
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as in arriving
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 coming
to get to a destination
we landed at the hotel just before midnight
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as in disembarking
to go ashore from a ship
the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda
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as in perching
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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as in earning
to receive as return for effort
because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise
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as in grabbing
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass
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Recent Examples of landing
Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
Residents can zoom into their properties on a map on the website’s landing page and track the status of their construction permit.
—Amancai Biraben, Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
The upcoming mission will not involve landing on or orbiting the moon.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
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Noun
While no moon landing is in store for Artemis 2, the mission would set the stage for astronauts to reach the lunar surface during the subsequent Artemis 3.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
Residents can zoom into their properties on a map on the website’s landing page and track the status of their construction permit.
—Amancai Biraben, Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
The first-stage booster flew for the 16th time landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
The upcoming mission will not involve landing on or orbiting the moon.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landing
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The suspect was found hiding in the water of a canal, beneath a dock, and taken into custody.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The path ends at a dock in the Lake Worth Lagoon, part of the Intracoastal Waterway, accessible only by boat.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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By most accounts, Haitians began arriving in Springfield around 2018, drawn by word of mouth and an abundance of jobs.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The brothers left the club just 45 minutes after arriving, turned off by the disturbance, the brother said.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Mayweather has fought in eight exhibition matches since, the last one coming against John Gotti III — the grandson of infamous mob boss John Gotti — in Mexico City in August 2024.—
Matt Schubert,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Canada, the favorite coming into the Olympics, have now struggled in two consecutive games.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2026
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Growing up, her family would travel from London to their second home in Italy, disembarking in Dover and boarding the ferry for the Channel crossing.—
Adam Erace,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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In a particularly brazen flouting of traffic laws, one Waymo allegedly drove near the students who were disembarking from the bus.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
29 Jan. 2026
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In 2025, there was the Owl Arm Trend, in which Gen Z TikTokers contorted their bodies (and stretched their T-shirts) to mimic the shape of a perching owl, clinging to their friend’s arm.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Other photos show it while perching on the plant.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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The announcement adds to a slate of MileagePlus changes that tie perks and earning power to credit-card relationships.—
Sri Taylor,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Now, Riyadh hosts music concerts, desert raves, and a store where non-Muslims earning more than $159,000 a year are allowed to buy alcohol.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Within a few blocks of the hotel are also many spots worthy of grabbing a tasty bite or a drink—Bamboo Sushi, Radio Room, and Walter French's, to name a few.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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What’s particularly exciting is how many films are grabbing dates in ’27 and ’28.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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Sprawling across less than 50 square miles on a peninsula, the city is packed with Victorian homes lining steep streets, buzzing with cable cars that zip between downtown and the wharf.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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The wharves and warehouses along Pratt Street burned fiercely.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landing. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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