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 National outlets covered Air Force One's landings and take-offs, putting the airport in front of millions of viewers. — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 10 July 2026 SpaceX and Blue Origin use propulsive landings to return their Falcon 9 and New Glenn boosters to offshore platforms or onshore landing pads. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026 SpaceX leads the pack with more than 600 landings of its first-stage Falcon boosters, steering them to ocean barges as well as landing zones near the launch pads. — Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 Until now, vertical landings of orbital-class rockets had been performed only by SpaceX, which does them on a regular basis. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 July 2026 Lingering French gratitude is evident in the various museums honoring the D-Day landings. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Other companies plan for eventual rocket recovery landings as well including Stoke Space and Relativity Space from Cape Canaveral, but their rockets are not expected to launch until at least 2027. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026 Before the state’s seizure, Miami-Dade operated the airport for quick landings and takeoffs for pilots needing the touchdowns for licensing purposes. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026 But even as Moon landings, space shuttles, and reusable rockets seized the headlines, Link, along with a stubborn handful of engineers, explorers, and flat-out dreamers, kept plumbing the ocean instead. — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for landings

Noun

The aesthetic details of what will happen beyond the loading docks have been shrouded in mystery.

— Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 4 July 2026
This season, our editors are savoring the activities that take us back to some of our favorite childhood days—jumping off docks, sliding down twisty pool slides, and lingering outside long into the evening.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 July 2026

Definition of docks

Noun

Vanuatu has received large loans and aid from China for buildings, wharves and other infrastructure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026
In San Isidro, a movement was born Castillo and Otero grew up in San Isidro, a working class, hardscrabble neighborhood abutting the wharfs near the Port of Havana, and became friends – one a rapper, the other a visual artist.

— Rick Jervis, USA Today, 13 May 2026

Definition of wharves

Noun

Anglers of all experience levels crowd fishing piers, line jetties, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder below the spillways just to wet a line.

— Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
Safety tips Rip currents form after a wave crashes on shore and encounters an obstacle in the beach's topography, including low spots in sand bars and around piers.

— Ash-har Quraishi, CBS News, 1 July 2026