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Recent Examples of landing field
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.
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Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
But thanks to Andrew Cuomo’s time as governor, the once awful Third World landing field in Queens now matches Fiorello the man in superlatives.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Across the street from the resort was the Chicagoland Airport, once a satellite landing field during World War II for Glenview Naval Air Station.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Van Zandt purchased 278 acres of cotton fields east of 24th Street and south of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks and transformed them into a landing field.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2024
And no ones sees that landing field more clearly than Michael O’Leary, Boeing’s disappointed customer, but still true believer.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
The three were assigned to the 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, based at Fort Moore, Ga., a unit that builds roads, landing fields and other facilities for American troops overseas.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
The site is actually the birthplace of America’s space program, and is home not just to a space capsule landing field, but the latest in weapons tech, from lasers to electromagnetic railguns.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2023
Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
But thanks to Andrew Cuomo’s time as governor, the once awful Third World landing field in Queens now matches Fiorello the man in superlatives.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Across the street from the resort was the Chicagoland Airport, once a satellite landing field during World War II for Glenview Naval Air Station.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Van Zandt purchased 278 acres of cotton fields east of 24th Street and south of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks and transformed them into a landing field.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2024
And no ones sees that landing field more clearly than Michael O’Leary, Boeing’s disappointed customer, but still true believer.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
The three were assigned to the 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, based at Fort Moore, Ga., a unit that builds roads, landing fields and other facilities for American troops overseas.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
The site is actually the birthplace of America’s space program, and is home not just to a space capsule landing field, but the latest in weapons tech, from lasers to electromagnetic railguns.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for landing field
Noun
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Let the mind be, along with countless other things, a landing strip for sacred visitations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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Without concerted effort, areas like kitchen counters and bathroom sinks can easily turn into landing strips for everything from setting spray to immersion blenders, Bergman explains.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The crash occurred in Isfahan, home to a major Iranian air base and a nuclear site previously targeted during the Iran-Israel war in June.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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At the Otis air base hospital, President Kennedy and his sister Jean Kennedy Smith climbed into a white convertible and rode to the house on Squaw Island.—
Steven Levingston,
Vanity Fair,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Landing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landing%20field. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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