as in docks
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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Recent Examples of landings
However, harder landings may create rebound effects that cause drones to bounce or lose control.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
New record set for safe booster landings.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Insider tip Guests staying more than three nights in the Como Suite benefit from complimentary helicopter transfers to and from Nice Airport, with landings directly in the hotel’s gardens.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
The Second World War and the Cold War caused similar bursts in invention, creating nuclear power, radar, wonder drugs, computers, satellites, microchips, Moon landings, GPS, and much more.
—David Szondy
may 02, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
The experiment served as proof of concept for the vertical landings and reusability of the much larger vehicles that Blue Origin intended to construct.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Uncrewed robotic lunar landings NASA and its commercial partners have landed three robotic vehicles on the moon since 2024 – all to varying degrees of success.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
New record set for safe booster landings.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Insider tip Guests staying more than three nights in the Como Suite benefit from complimentary helicopter transfers to and from Nice Airport, with landings directly in the hotel’s gardens.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
The Second World War and the Cold War caused similar bursts in invention, creating nuclear power, radar, wonder drugs, computers, satellites, microchips, Moon landings, GPS, and much more.
—David Szondy
may 02, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
The experiment served as proof of concept for the vertical landings and reusability of the much larger vehicles that Blue Origin intended to construct.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Uncrewed robotic lunar landings NASA and its commercial partners have landed three robotic vehicles on the moon since 2024 – all to varying degrees of success.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for landings
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Make the short drive north to the 150-year-old fishing village of Mayport to feast on local shrimp alongside working fishing docks bustling with boats delivering the daily catch.—
Terry Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
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Cabin rentals, boat docks and a general store also are available to visitors, according to the park’s website.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 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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The infrastructure humans build in the water ‒ houses, piers, wharves, jetties, and even oil rigs ‒ create new habitats for juvenile jellyfish, called polyps, to attach and grow, Bologna said.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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The wide arches that lend their name to the structure are arranged between the bridge’s piers, with two rows of smaller arches along the top story around the deck.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Anyone who’s seen 2021’s Riverside Main Library, an equally futuristic building elevated on piers, will recognize the Geffen as a distant cousin.—
David Allen,
Daily News,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Landings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landings. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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