Thesaurus results for LANDINGS

landings

noun

plural of landing

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 Its main runway is the busiest in the country, with over 800 daily takeoffs and landings, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 More underfoot area will facilitated flatter landings while having more chances to spread your feet’s landing force, versus concentrating it. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 Six different Falcon 9 first stages now have more than 30 launches and landings under their belt, led by Booster 1067, which has flown a whopping 37 times. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Where that gesture followed the Normandy landings and the Marshall Plan, this one arrives after ten years of Franco-British froideur. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026 There are five switchback landings with interpretive displays, benches and new ways to view the river and the falls. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Boat houses, boat landings, docks, piers and mooring posts must be built according to plans approved by the village council and require a Miami-Dade County environmental permit. — Luisa Yanez updated September 3, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 Rescue efforts across the country have been hampered by continuous rain, destroyed bridges and thick mud that makes helicopter landings difficult. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026 Morocco, the world’s top sardine supplier, saw its fish landings fall nearly 46% between 2022 and 2024, and the reasons are feeding into each other. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Some of the mansions even come with private tunnels running under A1A, allowing residents to reach their docks without emerging to cross the two-lane road.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
And some waterfront residents have been known to illegally destroy wild rice plants near their docks intentionally to make room for their boats.

— Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of docks

Noun

But in 1820, Shippingport had about 600 residents, three wharves for steamboats, taverns and a flour mill.

— Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Aug. 2026
The redevelopment would change that by extending and upgrading existing wharves and dredging areas around the docks.

— David Nikel, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of wharves

Noun

Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
But there are plenty of other piers for a fun family day out.

— Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026