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Recent Examples of landing strip
The flight crashed almost immediately after takeoff, hitting the ground about a runway distance away from the landing strip.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
At night the light display glows like an airplane landing strip.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
About two weeks ago, on May 20, funnel clouds reported near the Quad Cities airport forced travelers to take cover in the basement and federal air controllers to leave the glass tower that overlooks the landing strips.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 June 2025
The base would be coupled with Berbera International Airport, which at 2.6 miles has one of the longest landing strips in Africa.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
At night the light display glows like an airplane landing strip.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
About two weeks ago, on May 20, funnel clouds reported near the Quad Cities airport forced travelers to take cover in the basement and federal air controllers to leave the glass tower that overlooks the landing strips.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 June 2025
The base would be coupled with Berbera International Airport, which at 2.6 miles has one of the longest landing strips in Africa.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landing strip
Noun
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This dimension of the work was heightened by its site, a former helicopter landing field on an old NATO base, given over to the Autostrada Biennale in 2014 as part of a process of demilitarization in the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s and Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The incidents followed drones seen over a Belgian military air base during the weekend.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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India has operated the air base for nearly 25 years under a 2002 agreement with Tajikistan, which allowed New Delhi to rebuild and modernize the facility according to India TV website.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Landing strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landing%20strip. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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